- present participle of twist.
twisting
Example Sentences
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There’s the grief, seeping into Maxine’s life and twisting itself around the gratitude, tightening its grip.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026
Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney have demonstrated a new way to control tiny sources of quantum light by twisting atomically thin layers of hexagonal boron nitride.
From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026
Take Michelangelo’s “Rebellious Slave,” the room’s twisting centerpiece, and walk around to its right, where a full three sides of the original rectangular block remain largely in evidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
They don’t know where or how to grasp a doorknob, handle or door edge or how much pulling, pushing or twisting force to apply.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
At last he tossed it extravagantly high, made a spectacular twisting leap, and swallowed it in .one gulp.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
