contortions

Example Sentences

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American Jews, exhausted by the nonsensical charge of disloyalty, have bent themselves into impressive contortions to demonstrate their bona fides as unambiguous, undivided, thoroughly unadulterated Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Many phrases have peppered this past year of diplomatic contortions over how best to deal with the US's unpredictable president and commander-in-chief.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 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

She went back to work, making calculations on her notepad, her face scrunching into all kinds of twists, strains, and contortions.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas