warped

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We are like a warped version of Narcissus, looking into the mirror and not liking what we see.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

“All My Sons,” Miller’s breakthrough play about capitalism’s warped ethics in the guise of a domestic drama, just finished a successful run at Antaeus Theatre Company in Glendale.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Max can communicate with him only in a phone call arranged by the nurses—an “exit interview” that appears as a warped reflection of the narrator’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Those sources can be wrong, and facts can be lost or warped in the game of telephone.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

Mama Joe called her “nwanyi oma,” although she was not pretty at all, and I imagined the snails fried to a crisp, warped corpses floating in the womans soup pot.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie