How to Use mind-bending in a Sentence

mind-bending

adjective
  • The gas in the galaxy spans a mind-bending range of physical states.
    Jay Bennett, WIRED, 28 July 2024
  • The gas in the galaxy spans a mind-bending range of physical states.
    Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2024
  • There is no description for the mind-bending depths of grief that come with losing a child.
    Eric Boodman, STAT, 4 Jan. 2024
  • But the series’s scale and mind-bending turns may leave you too starry-eyed to notice.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The team faces its biggest threat yet and cannot emerge unscathed from the mind-bending consequences.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
  • These stars whiz through space at the mind-bending speed of several million miles per hour.
    Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Fear not, he’s been a bit busy… leading us through perhaps the most mind-bending storyline of the whole season.
    Alex Raiman, EW.com, 4 July 2024
  • The frontrunner might be jam-packed with mind-bending effects, but the bagel portal is real—well, sort of.
    Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Mount Copeland, a nearby peak, holds Canada’s record for the most snowfall in a single season—a mind-bending 80 feet.
    Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
  • He is also known for work on the mind-bending Netflix series Black Mirror.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Physics is full of such mind-bending discoveries, many of which have only just been made.
    Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2023
  • In the end, understanding why the odds are not 50–50 required a mind-bending shift in perspective.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
  • Dead & Company are headed back to Las Vegas’ Sphere for their second run of shows at the mind-bending wrap-around venue.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2024
  • This is a mind-bending endorsement by McMahon’s think tank.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2025
  • This is a mind-bending endorsement by McMahon’s think tank.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Monarch butterflies perform one of the most mind-bending feats in the animal kingdom.
    Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 24 Mar. 2023
  • That’s because both films are formally bold, mind-bending tales about the search for identity.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Lake said that prior to meeting Evans, she was adamantly opposed to mind-bending substances.
    Gillian Telling, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Fairground food can be a mind-bending dare: Think infamous fried butter balls or this year's Fruity Pebbles shrimp rice bowl.
    Elisabeth Carroll Parks, Chron, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Even in countries like Colombia where Venezuela still has a consulate, registering to vote has proven to be nothing short of a mind-bending odyssey.
    Christine Armario, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • Entry to this mind-bending mix of mushrooms, Warp Zones, and Koopas requires its own separate ticket; be sure to book in advance.
    Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Kenya has a way of captivating you — the mind-bending landscapes, curious wildlife, and breathtaking sunsets that are best savored in the still of the bush.
    Venetia Martin, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The elusive creature looms throughout the Icon Park attraction, adding holiday photo ops to the mind-bending scenery.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
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    Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The music video packs bursts of opulence as the visual sees the rappers dropping verses from a mind-bending living room to the beach while flanked by dancers draped in a spectrum of colors.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Netflix has shared the mind-bending new trailer for the seventh season of Black Mirror, arriving on the streaming service on April 10.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
  • If true, the connection would link two of the most mind-bending concepts in physics--black holes and dark energy--and suggest that the source of the latter has been under theorists’ noses for decades.
    Byadam Mann, science.org, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The first two episodes end on major cliffhangers, making the show perfect for binge-watching, but fans will have to wait another week to find out what happens in this mind-bending thriller.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Each deep scratch tears into my skin, bringing with it a temporary relief from the relentless, mind-bending itch.
    Andy Collinson, Health, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Many have struggled with the ethical conundrum and the whole mind-bending shenanigan is undoubtedly going to remain a morally thorny topic for eons to come.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

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