Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To twist, wrench, or bend out of proper or natural shape: synonym: distort.
- intransitive verb To cause to deviate from what is normal, proper, or accurate.
- intransitive verb To become contorted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To twist, draw, bend, or wrench out of shape; make crooked or deformed.
- Twisted; contorted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
twist in aviolent manner; as, features contorted with fury. - verb intransitive To
twist into or as if into astrained shape orexpression .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb twist and press out of shape
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I might have passed out for a moment; Noah’s face went fuzzy as I watched his expression contort in the pleasant agony of sex.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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I might have passed out for a moment; Noah’s face went fuzzy as I watched his expression contort in the pleasant agony of sex.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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I might have passed out for a moment; Noah’s face went fuzzy as I watched his expression contort in the pleasant agony of sex.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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The interplay between contract and tort the so-called contort is very important and not easy to understand.
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The demon cocked his head to the side and with analytical interest watched his mistress’s expression contort.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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The demon cocked his head to the side and with analytical interest watched his mistress’s expression contort.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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The demon cocked his head to the side and with analytical interest watched his mistress’s expression contort.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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The problem is when you're on track with road tyres, there isn't enough rubber making contact with the tarmac, which causes the tyres to twist and contort, meaning substantially less grip after only a few laps.
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I'm not prying, "Antimodes explained, seeing a pained expression contort the child's face.
The Soulforge Weis, Margaret 1998
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Malkin claims proves Obama was kowtowing to the Muslim Monarch, you note that Obama is about a foot taller than Abdullah, and so had to kind of contort himself to get into any sort of position to shake the sheikh's hand.
Anorak News 2009
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