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contorted

adjective as in gnarled

adjective as in malformed

adjective as in twisted

Weak match

adjective as in wry

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When we see him finally being moved, he is contorted in his bed from the pain, clutching onto a sick bowl.

From BBC

The indictment detailed the torture of several prisoners, including one identified by the initials K.A.M., whose body Sheikh, prison officials and prison guards allegedly contorted on the “flying carpet” device.

For more than an hour, I had twisted and contorted myself trying without success to get a grip on that two-inch piece of silicone.

From Salon

“She bounded around with so many positions and backtracked and so desperately contorted ... . She is more consistent now than she was then.”

Not long ago I came upon a zombie-like scene of contorted people gathered in the northwest corner of the park, their bodies rigid from overdoses of fentanyl or other killer drugs.

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