contortion

Example Sentences

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They were former gymnasts and cheerleaders and tumbling prodigies whose after-school activities provided them with a muscle memory for all sorts of bodily contortions.

From Salon

Maybe that’s what makes this particular revival work: the plot contortions don’t make much sense, but the show isn’t really trying to convince you that they do.

From Washington Post

But it was one of several moments where the verbal contortions required by his team to avoid saying anything much at all prompted a laugh from the assembled huddle of journalists.

From BBC

Republicans and other gun-rights advocates went through no end of logic contortions, among them the canard that gun control can’t be working because shootings still happen in places that have gun control laws.

From Seattle Times

Speaking of contradictions and contortions, the third week in January is a reminder of the Black progress/White backlash cycle in America.

From Washington Post