word-twisting

From the mythic roots in the descent of Inanna to the modern wry word-twisting (I loved "Lie back and think of Vegas" as an encapsulation of half the things that are wrong with that city), she lays down a hard and shining path before you and compels you to walk it.

Monday gingerdoss 2009

I think as each word-twisting, fear mongering, hate filled garbage comes out of the Republicans, it drives me closer to Obama.

McCain pushes for town hall debates 2008

This word-twisting judge, sitting in his black robes in a court that ranks just below the US Supreme Court in importance, is

Torturing Judge Bybee: Make Him Eat His Own Words 2009

They deserve better than Washington politicians and their word-twisting consultants engineering an Innocent Bystander Fable as a transparent way to pass the buck.

The Innocent Bystander Fable 2007

We all know that anything we say can be taken to mean the opposite ask anyone who's argued with his wife and once someone has achieved any level of public notoriety there will be someone out there to do the word-twisting for you.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Body Workout MP3s 2005

"The next time — and I will indeed catch you again — I will have your pot of gold, and your word-twisting tongue for good measure."

The Woods Out Back Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1993

It is idle to apply to 1866 the word-twisting of 1860.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various

This duet for two men, Braswell and Rosario Guerra, is set to Gertrude Stein's recitation of one of her own word-twisting poems.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PAULA CITRON 2011

A suave, word-twisting bureaucrat (Damien Atkins) is putting a nervous clockmaker called Herr Mann (Christian Goutsis) through the wringer.

Thestar.com - Home Page Robert Crew 2010

But, with totalitarianism in retreat, it is business that conquers by word-twisting and euphemism.

NYT > Home Page 2010