contortionistic
- a word derived from contortionist.
Example Sentences
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There he is troubled by large and grotesque faces, by a contortionistic frog.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And always the Jackie band from the Great Lakes Station, its white leggings twinkling down the street in the lead of its six-foot-six contortionistic drum-major.
From Half Portions by Ferber, Edna
On the floor at Emma's feet there was knotted into a contortionistic attitude a small, wiry, impolite person named Smalley.
From Emma McChesney and Co. by Ferber, Edna