contortion
the act or process of contorting.
the state of being contorted.
Origin of contortion
1Other words from contortion
- con·tor·tion·al, adjective
- con·tor·tioned, adjective
- un·con·tor·tioned, adjective
Words Nearby contortion
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How to use contortion in a sentence
After all, marketers are managing campaigns at a time when the support systems for their ads are going through all kinds of contortions.
Cheat Sheet: What Facebook’s decision to nix Advanced Mobile Measurement means for marketers | Seb Joseph | August 6, 2021 | DigidayThe practice of gerrymandering manipulates electoral districts to favor one party over another, which is how you wind up with such strange contortions and thin, snaking appendages on legislative maps.
A ball-handler who can pull up for three, a stretch big man or even both simultaneously can force contortions away from the Jazz’s preferred drop-big defense.
Defensive Metrics Don’t Ever Agree … Except On Rudy Gobert’s Great Season | Ben Dowsett | May 12, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight“His pained contortions were a photographer’s delight,” Neil Amdur wrote in the New York Times.
Aslan Karatsev is the latest qualifier to go from unknown to Grand Slam party crasher | Chuck Culpepper | February 17, 2021 | Washington PostAfter the contortions of modified and shrunk-down Thanksgivings, it’s exciting to bake something meant for sharing.
The Best Holiday Cookie Recipes, According to Eater Editors | Meghan McCarron | November 30, 2020 | Eater
For Republicans, it is a particularly hypocritical contortion.
Medi-Scare: Now Ryan Budget Has Republicans Fear-Mongering Too | John Avlon | August 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST"You are very complimentary," said her strange suitor, with a contortion of the lip that was a cross between a grin and a sneer.
They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh MillerThen a sudden hissing contortion whipped over the widening waters.
The Wasted Generation | Owen JohnsonThe same moment he saw that, although not dead drunk, she could by no tropical contortion be said to be sober.
There and Back | George MacDonaldI never imagined that this fearful Asiatic creed could smite or sting an otherwise wholesome soul into such a contortion.
Morality Without God | M. M. MangasarianHis pallor, the contortion of his features, the fear portrayed upon them, disclosed the anxiety of his mind.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for contortion
/ (kənˈtɔːʃən) /
the act or process of contorting or the state of being contorted
a twisted shape or position
something twisted or out of the ordinary in character, meaning, etc: mental contortions
Derived forms of contortion
- contortional, adjective
- contortioned, adjective
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