contorted
Example Sentences
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So, where did a baseball-loving future MLB star growing up in Sherman Oaks come to such a contorted conclusion?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Natalie said at times Beth would spend hours lying with her body "contorted" into specific positions that enabled her to bear the agony.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025
“I actually find him really small and contorted and tortured.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
It has contorted statutory language to stop immigrants from obtaining effective relief against wrongful detention and deportation.
From Slate • Jul. 11, 2025
Tears fill her eyes, and it takes only a second before her whole mouth is contorted and she’s ugly-crying like she’s just had her heart broken.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
