pretzeled

So they ship the poor soul-often comatose and "pretzeled," as medical staff sometimes say, in the fetal position-to the hospital.

We Have Lost Our Humanity 2008

I reluctantly pretzeled my legs into a half lotus.

Finding Peace in Colombia 2009

With roads pretzeled and fuel in high demand along the undamaged routes heading north, the government will depend on ships and aircraft for the rescue work.

Japan quake: With two natural disasters and a nuclear emergency, recovery begins 2011

They scissored their legs into full splits, pretzeled themselves into cross-legged positions and dangled by their arms, their bodies whirling like ceiling fan blades.

Cirque du Soleil's Stunt Woman in Chief Alexandra Alter 2011

I reluctantly pretzeled my legs into a half lotus.

Finding Peace in Colombia 2009

With roads pretzeled and fuel in high demand along the undamaged routes heading north, the government will depend on ships and aircraft for the rescue work.

Japan begins grim relief mission with towns flooded, thousands reported missing 2011

The Grascals & Friends' "Country Classics With a Bluegrass Spin" offers pretty much what it advertises: a passel of famous country songs gently re-imagined, and occasionally pretzeled into submission, by the perennially underestimated Nashville bluegrass band the Grascals and a troupe of guest stars including Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton.

Album review: "The Grascals & Friends: Country Classics With a Bluegrass Spin" Allison Stewart 2011

It's hypocrisy pretzeled into an inextricable knot only the worst case of cognitive dissonance could find comforting.

Matthew Harwood: The Pentagon Prevents a Poison Prayer 2010

Robotic submarines, which have been sending video feeds from the bottom of the gulf and attempting to activate the malfunctioning "blowout preventer" on the wellhead, turned their attention to a leak at the end of the drill pipe, which sticks from the end of the pretzeled riser.

Robotic submarines cap leaking oil pipe in Gulf of Mexico David Fahrenthold 2010

Robotic submarines, which have been sending video feeds from the bottom of the gulf and attempting to activate the malfunctioning "blowout preventer" on the wellhead, turned their attention to a leak at the end of the drill pipe, which sticks from the end of the pretzeled riser.

Robotic submarines cap leaking oil pipe in Gulf of Mexico 2010