contorted

Example Sentences

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The Washington Spirit goalkeeper contorted her body as the ball neared, then poked it off the top of the crossbar and out of harm’s way.

From Washington Post

These works look like paintings of nonexistent sculptures: heavy, awkwardly contorted bathers.

From New York Times

Among the many documents of that is his “War and Peace,” a work contorted through forced revision into strident propaganda.

From New York Times

Share a snapshot of your dog contorted in an implausible and therefore adorable position and readers would wonder what you were speaking of when you’d typed, “Came home to this today.”

From Washington Post

Outside his window, he could see only flames and contorted steel “like blades,” he recalled.

From New York Times