Choose the Right Synonym for contort

deform, distort, contort, warp means to mar or spoil by or as if by twisting. deform may imply a change of shape through stress, injury, or accident of growth. a face deformed by hatred distort and contort both imply a wrenching from the natural or normal, but contort suggests a more involved twisting and a more grotesque and painful result. the odd camera angle distorts the figure disease had contorted her body warp indicates an uneven shrinking that bends or twists out of a flat plane. warped floorboards

Examples of contort in a Sentence

His body contorted with pain. The boy contorted his body to squeeze through the gate. Her face was contorted with rage.

Recent Examples on the Web This wasn't a World Cup qualifier, so U.S. Soccer shouldn't need to contort the rules of the ticketing process to ensure a majority, pro-U.S. crowd (which Wednesday still seemed to be, by the way). — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 2 June 2022 Adults, however, will have to squeeze, bend, squish and contort their arms and legs to sit in some three-row SUVs. — Bymorgan Korn, ABC News, 8 May 2022 In 1692, a group of young girls, including Parris’ own daughter, Betty, and his niece, Abigail, began to bark like dogs and contort their bodies after allegedly attempting to divine their future. — Brooklyn White, Essence, 29 Apr. 2022 Climbing requires you to be able to stretch your arms and legs high and wide, plus contort your body into unusual positions. — Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus, CNN, 5 May 2022 Photographers won’t have to contort themselves to point their camera away from an eyesore if the seller prepares the property to look its best. — oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2022 Democrats contort Congressional districts to protect themselves. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022 It’d been forced to contort plenty en route to a record 25 victories this season. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022 Maybe folding phones will contort us into a future of infinite screen shapes, bending and stretching across any surface product designers can imagine. — Boone Ashworth, Wired, 8 Feb. 2022 See More

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