contort
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Contort yourself in myriad compromising positions, but, ultimately, emerge unharmed and unscathed.
From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2017
Her scything guitar can be heard on the still-abrasive Contort Yourself.
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2016
Contort Yourself welds atonal, freeform jazz to a funky rhythm that'd be tight enough for James Brown.
From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2011
Contort = to twist, bend, draw out of shape.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2011
Contort, kon-tort′, v.t. to twist or turn violently: to writhe.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Vocabulary lists containing contort
Of Mice and Men
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Twists and Turns: Tor
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A Long Way Gone
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