contorted
Example Sentences
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Her contorted expression is rotted by anguish, as though life’s unbearable burdens have laid waste to their latest victim.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 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
When we see him finally being moved, he is contorted in his bed from the pain, clutching onto a sick bowl.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025
Beth is contorted on the floor, her legs above her head with her arms out to the sides.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
