twisty
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In her very long and very twisty new novel, the author examines a Depression-era sterilization law in Mississippi, thereby connecting three white female characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Described as a smaller TT, the 2.43-mile track on the coast is described as a challenging, tight and twisty circuit.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Welsh actors Mark Lewis Jones and Steffan Rhodri are set to star in a "witty, twisty" crime series, working together to solve murders in a seaside town.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
After it’s confirmed in the hospital that she’s gone, we see Harold racing along a twisty turny road in his car, a Jaguar with a hearse top welded onto it.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026
He flew through the moonlight streets, clattering over cob-bles, darting down narrow alleys and up twisty wynds, racing to his love.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Mr. Wallace concludes with the triumphant campaign to win the headquarters of the United Nations for New York after World War II, a twistier tale than one might imagine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Just when you think the story can’t get twistier, it does, but you don’t mind because Mosley’s writing is so rich, and his characters are not like anyone else’s, anywhere.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
But he's been watching faithfully, noting every turn in the episodic show twistier than its famous river.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2022
These are some twisty interpretive thickets, made twistier by the complexities of translation, a factor never far from Saunders’ attention.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2021
We hurry along noisy, dusty streets that get twistier and dirtier as we move along, leaving the house far behind.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
And even at its twistiest, the melodrama never loses its grounding in the everyday mundanities of child rearing: the logistics of cribs and playmats, baby monitors and changing tables.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
The year’s twistiest movie shocked the Oscars Sunday night, becoming the first non–English-language film ever to win Best Picture.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2020
The very best is the one with the twistiest plot, “Persuader.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2016
The same goes for Rami Malek, sometimes called the internet’s boyfriend, who got a trophy or Mr Robot, where he gives one of the twistiest and most raw performances around.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2016
Lyra—over Roger’s fervent protests—picked out the oldest, twistiest, greenest bottle she could find, and, not having anything to extract the cork with, broke it off at the neck.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
