contort
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Origin of contort
Related Words for contort
writhe, deform, convolute, torture, curve, warp, twist, wrench, knot, wind, bend, gnarl, misshapeExamples from the Web for contort
Contemporary Examples of contort
Adèle and Emma contort themselves into a plethora of sexual positions.
The 10 Best Movie Sex Scenes of 2013: ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color,’ ‘Spring Breakers,’ and MoreMarlow Stern
December 19, 2013
There will be side deals and efforts to contort platforms to draw new votes that make predictions hazardous.
Historical Examples of contort
Let talent writhe and contort itself as it may, it has no such magnetism.
The Works of Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe
She did not see his face change and contort itself into malignancy.
The Soul StealerCyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
I kept seeing that Spanish woman whirl around and contort, and—do you mind my telling you?
The Golden HouseCharles Dudley Warner
Contort the eyebrow sufficiently, and place the eyeball near it,—by a few lines you have anger or fierceness depicted.
Roundabout PapersWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
He could see her breast and shoulders heave and twist, and contort in a fury of effort.
Angel IslandInez Haynes Gillmore