contortionist

Example Sentences

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“I don’t know how it got under there. It must be a contortionist,” he told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

She’s a contortionist, she said, “more located in my desire to be something else.”

From New York Times

Just as Capela was left gaping by Antetokounmpo’s highflying contortionist act, the Hawks were forced to process the collective might of the Bucks’ sizable talent and experience gaps.

From Washington Post

Playing the evil entity with convulsive movements and a killer manicure, the contortionist Marina Mazepa turns in the movie’s most entertaining performance.

From New York Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina contortionist, illustrates the perils of attempted cleverness by people with negligible aptitude for it.

From Washington Post