- present participle of twist.
twisting
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But Mr. Holloway and Mr. Barrett are expert at twisting the mundane into the uncanny, and rely only minimally on the kind of jump-scares that cheapen many a horror movie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
She showed that you can stand behind LGBTQ+ people without twisting into socially awkward or politically damaging positions, no matter your audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted that a spinning black hole would drag spacetime along with it, twisting it in a way that changes the orbits of the surrounding stars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Once active sunspot regions move within 15 degrees of the equator, that twisting mechanism weakens and the main driver of extreme space weather switches off.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
A blue-gray cat with round copper eyes posed on the cover, his elegant stance twisting his husky frame.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
The dance is what the title suggests: the twistings and turnings of an insomniac, incarnated by the flexible Heriberto Meneses.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
Arranged by loose themes, the show charts the vertiginous twistings of Mr. Van Noten’s imagination, and the way he absorbs and digests source material that spans centuries and mediums.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2014
Doubtless there will be many twistings and turnings, moments of tension and suspense, backsliding by either side that threatens to abort the whole process before a real peace is nailed down.
From Time Magazine Archive
These twistings and turnings, suggests Biographer Kraus, result from the fact that Winston Churchill is a minor politician, but a major prophet and inspired visionary.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ranofer grew more and more excited as he followed Gebu’s twistings and turnings; more and more cautious, too, as he noticed that Gebu often looked behind him in a not-quite-convincingly casual manner.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
