as in deformation
the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition
the comedian is renowned for his seemingly endless variety of facial contortions
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Recent Examples of contortion
DiCaprio actually is quite funny early on in the film, but his performance loses steam in the back half, as his broad gestures and facial contortions can’t quite match the grim subtlety of Scorsese’s direction of the later scenes.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contortion
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Coseismic deformation was mapped based on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Analysis (DInSAR and Pixel Analysis).—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Low-energy hits only disturbed the surface, while stronger impacts caused cracks and deformation that exposed more material for reaction.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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The French duo that made distortion divine and disco dangerous is back on American soil.—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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With a mass of about 1 million times that of Earth's sun, the object is considered the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe by analyzing gravitational distortions of light, according to the team of researchers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration previously warned consumers about the potential for severe infections and skin deformities from unauthorized shots touted to dissolve fat at med spas.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
6 Oct. 2025
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According to court documents, responding firefighters at the shooting scene identified gunshot wounds to Barron on the center of his chest, both of his arms, his left leg beneath the knee, his buttocks, and a deformity below his right knee, above his lower left leg below the knee.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Contortion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contortion. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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