contortions
Example Sentences
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Arco Renz’s choreography of the students as they haunt the present day makes their distress visible through physical contortions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
The contortions of so many travelers bending, crouching, and hopping alongside the metal detector lent comic flavor to the plane journey.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025
In a sport where her contortions are magic, she lay curled up in a ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025
While watching the final round in the Bahamas, Woods described Scheffler's unconventional footwork as "the contortions he gets into" but could not hide his admiration for the quality and control of the champion's ball striking.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
It was made of string, but it had more contortions, ins and outs, twists and turns and dips and doodles than the brain of Albert Einstein himself.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
