contortionist
Example Sentences
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“I don’t know how it got under there. It must be a contortionist,” he told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times
“May I leave my contortionist skills at the door and speak from the heart?” asked the Oscar-nominated performer.
From Los Angeles Times
The magician Ricky Jay’s compendium of actual “unique, eccentric and amazing entertainers” offers a parade of con artists, charlatans, escapologists, daredevils, mesmerists, contortionists and sideshow acts.
That word came up many times during the show’s first audition rounds as dancers, singers, magicians, acrobats and a contortionist took the stage.
From Salon
But once you tease out fact from fake, “Disclaimer” is a fairly straightforward revenge story, though whether or not the revenge is deserved is a central question of its contortionist plot.
From Los Angeles Times
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