contort

Example Sentences

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This is a book of endless storytelling, as characters contort themselves to please the regime’s shifting narratives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

He has the preternatural ability to contort his facial expressions ever so slightly, going from innocent to cold and malevolent and back again in a split second.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2025

So there’s a couple ways he was able to contort his body, flips that he was able to do that only he was able to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

Vance “weird” is rather effective, and has caused Vance and his party-mates to contort themselves to prove he’s not, in fact, weird.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2024

I cannot seem to contort myself back into the shape of a dutiful child.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black