- present participle of twist.
twisting
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“Crying in a suit and tie,” she warbles, referring to her onstage look from a few years ago, then twisting the image into a joke with “But you should see the other guy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
As the twisting increases, the magnetic configuration becomes both highly energetic and unstable.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
A peak of pop excess, Raye's second full-length album is a 73-minute melodrama, sprinkled with golden age Hollywood glamour, show-stopping ballads, tongue twisting wordplay and genre smashing handbrake turns.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Christian Pulisic came off in the 59th minute after twisting his right ankle — leaving this World Cup without a goal in the four matches he appeared.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Mummy!” shrieked little Lord Sebastian, twisting in Nanny Pratt’s gnarled hand.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
The dance is what the title suggests: the twistings and turnings of an insomniac, incarnated by the flexible Heriberto Meneses.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
Arranged by loose themes, the show charts the vertiginous twistings of Mr. Van Noten’s imagination, and the way he absorbs and digests source material that spans centuries and mediums.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2014
In none of these twistings of conventional reality did Vonnegut ever address himself directly to the question of madness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doubtless there will be many twistings and turnings, moments of tension and suspense, backsliding by either side that threatens to abort the whole process before a real peace is nailed down.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bed creaks all night with her twistings and turnings and she keeps us awake with her moaning for water.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
