contort

You don’t need to contort yourself to fit into someone else’s life, especially if that life doesn’t align with who you are or what you value.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

It’ll go down with knotty LPs by Tori Amos and Fiona Apple that contort classical traditions to tangled, personal ends, and this track sums up her mission beautifully.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

When it was retired last year, it was replaced with a newer, fully electric model developers said could contort its metal frame in even more ways.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

I saw a grim smile contort Mr. Rochester’s lips, and he muttered—

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

And when Maddie’s disorder tells her she needs to stay in control, she contorts all of this trendy pastel-colored, serif-typefaced wellness to her favor, using it to fuel her harmful compulsions.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

Nevertheless, a cheeky portion of blue-green paint contorts itself into a standing position in the corner, fighting against the weight that urges the rest of the work Earthward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

As Justice Sonia Sotomayor explained in dissent, this reasoning contorts the English language beyond recognition.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

An actor differs: “One contorts oneself thousands of times, but dies only once … It’s simply not worth it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025

Then she laughs—a gleeful, inhuman, full-throated laugh that contorts her body into unnatural angles and positions.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

But outrage soon spread online, with screen-grabs and an AI video that contorted Thomas’s face into a grin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Plus, the trigger used to reverse the shape of the contorted molecule in order to release its energy was hydrochloric acid – a highly corrosive substance that must be neutralised after use.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

Davidson would have to be carried by her teammates and coaches to the bench, where her face contorted in pain as trainers examined her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

It has contorted statutory language to stop immigrants from obtaining effective relief against wrongful detention and deportation.

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2025

Alex contorted his body and managed to stay down, flailing madly with his legs to propel himself sideways.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

I have watched videos of people doing cold plunges, giving themselves ear massages and contorting themselves into impossible stretches all in the name of fixing dysregulation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

He developed an uncanny ability to create his own shot under the most difficult of circumstances, manipulating defenses and contorting his way through the lane with ease.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

Images of Vance have sprouted up on X contorting his face into that of, well, everything you can imagine.

From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2025

His gift for contorting himself through the air and landing on the designated spot has made him one of the most sought-after stuntmen.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

“Delicious,” Rio answered, contorting his body so no gravy dripped on his shirt.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti