twist the knife
Example Sentences
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INGLEWOOD, Calif.—Belgium had just scored its fourth goal in a World Cup beatdown of the U.S. national team this week when its players saw one more way to twist the knife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Maybe the only purpose in any of this is to prolong morbid fascinations, to twist the knife.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
Where the film occasionally falters by Russell’s reluctance to twist the knife, it also succeeds in its director’s admirable commitment to realism.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025
And so I was like, I need something to kind of just twist the knife a little bit deeper, open up some kind of emotionality that I didn’t have before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
"I don't think they're going to explicitly try and twist the knife as it were, but I think they will try to show by comparison that the U.S. is growing well."
From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2023
