contort

Example Sentences

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The other kids stood by in shock, their faces contorted into masks of dismay and disbelief.

From Literature

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

From The Wall Street Journal

He tried to set his expression into “bravery in the grip of terrible adversity” but it was difficult with the wind contorting his face as if he were in a free fall without a parachute.

From Literature

A figure was walking swiftly past a top-floor window, and its face was contorted with anger.

From Literature

Coal took an early shower and contorted himself trying to extract the splinters from hard-to-reach places with a pair of tweezers.

From Literature