contortions
Example Sentences
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American Jews, exhausted by the nonsensical charge of disloyalty, have bent themselves into impressive contortions to demonstrate their bona fides as unambiguous, undivided, thoroughly unadulterated Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
So many explanations and justifications, so many verbal contortions as he attempts to talk through his latest defeat.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
The contortions of so many travelers bending, crouching, and hopping alongside the metal detector lent comic flavor to the plane journey.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025
The 30-year-old Olympian has worked on refining his style with signature head spins and body contortions while standing out among other B-boys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
She went back to work, making calculations on her notepad, her face scrunching into all kinds of twists, strains, and contortions.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
