contort

Example Sentences

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The other two were contorted into unnatural positions and hidden beneath a rocky overhang, broken grindstones piled on their bodies.

From Science Magazine

Each starts as a good man whose morals harden and contort under pressure.

From Salon

They preen, contort their necks, clack their beaks, renovate their nest and occasionally mate.

From New York Times

The bot, nicknamed Emo, has a pair of high-resolution cameras embedded in its eye sockets and is outfitted with 26 magnet-controlled actuators, which contort its silicone “skin” into a variety of nuanced expressions.

From Science Magazine

The two biggest political parties at Westminster and Parliament itself are finding themselves buckled, bent and contorted by the furious arguments provoked by the Israel-Gaza war.

From BBC