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  • present participle of twist.
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twisting

[twis-ting] / ˈtwɪs tɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
bending
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Example Sentences

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There’s the grief, seeping into Maxine’s life and twisting itself around the gratitude, tightening its grip.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026

Because Donaldjohanson's shape is uneven, those tiny forces do not cancel out completely and instead create a twisting effect that gradually alters the asteroid's rotation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026

On the job, Greenspan was a known abstruse speaker who admitted that his opaque, twisting rhetoric was a purposeful strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Outside these campaigns, WOW already operates large digital billboards across the city, including its “Spectaculars” and twisting digital kiosks along major corridors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The ground seemed to have come alive—rising and falling, twisting and rolling.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis




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