contorting
present participle ofcontort
contort
verb[IorT]
uk/kənˈtɔːt/us/kənˈtɔːrt/to (causesomething to)twistorbendviolentlyandunnaturallyinto a differentshapeorform:
Hisfacecontortedwithbitternessandrage.
Compare
deform
Bending, twisting and curving
- ball up
- bendy
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- describe
- entwine
- flex
- flexion
- flexure
- fluted
- matted
- meander
- sinuous
- torsion
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- true
- twiddly
- wring
Examplesofcontorting
contorting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
An intended victim, depending on how it was gripped, was often physically unable to reach the attacker with its mandibles, despite visiblycontortingits body in attempts to do so.
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Kafka himself can only mimic sound's power to trespass space and transgress form:contortinghimself into a snake, dragging his body across the passage through which its voices glide.
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Today we find ourselvescontortingour long tradition of domestic liberty.
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The mine often startscontorting, frequently encircling the stem.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An example of a repulsive effect is a moleculecontortingto minimize the coulombic interactions of atoms that hold like charges.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In one scene, her feet are showncontortingand digging into the bed, and she is wiggling her toes and kicking her feet around.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It consists of acontortingof the body into a series of ritualized postures coupled with an exaggerated swimming style.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.So, essentially he created this masterpiece bycontortinghis fingers into really groovy shapes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the camera moves back, she is seen rubbing her face, her body iscontortingin agony, and her legs are rapidly sliding and kicking around on the bed.
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