contort
Example Sentences
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This is a book of endless storytelling, as characters contort themselves to please the regime’s shifting narratives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
He has the preternatural ability to contort his facial expressions ever so slightly, going from innocent to cold and malevolent and back again in a split second.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2025
So there’s a couple ways he was able to contort his body, flips that he was able to do that only he was able to do.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024
Vance “weird” is rather effective, and has caused Vance and his party-mates to contort themselves to prove he’s not, in fact, weird.
From Slate • Aug. 8, 2024
I cannot seem to contort myself back into the shape of a dutiful child.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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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