Example Sentences

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Amid a looping vocal recording, Blake declares distortedly, “I’d rather you choose me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Does that create, maybe, a distortedly reasonable case for Tesla’s board of directors to let Musk have a deal he wanted?

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2023

The way the young Esther distortedly reflects her mother’s fluctuating fears and inner conflicts is one of the novel’s strengths.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2021

So this is the song of the double-soul, distortedly two in one.—

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch

He let his hands fall to his sides; he was more than ever distortedly womanlike, almost visibly possessed and driven by his single purpose.

From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Gibbon, Perceval