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That concept of distorting perception was important, Ginzel said.

And would-be collectors like Henry Stephenson continue to distort the cultural record in their hunt for hidden treasures.

Saying a word in a different tone can distort or utterly mangle a line.

Hollywood would never grossly distort the Civil War or D-Day.

Or, they could distort the contents of the bill and attack anyone who disagreed with them as a legal Luddite and hysteric.

I have witnessed at first hand how Irving likes to distort things.

The temptation to distort facts to make a good story is strong; I have seen it in my connection with the 'Courier.'

Shakspere's contemporaries don't imitate Nature, they distort it, give Passion, and no Reason.

Wherefore then should grief sadden and distort such blythe, such jocund, features as mine?

What he wants is not an enlightened and truthful agent, but a man who will distort the truth to suit his prejudices.

Such a wire must be a little slack, or, as illustrated above, it will distort the framework.