Example Sentences

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The necklace has the air of a speculative artifact, an imposing piece of treasure that suggests the distortional effects of power.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2021

The curators have cast a wide net in local, international and underground communities to find artists, including street artists, known for rephrasing objects in distortional ways.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2018

This leads to a chain reaction of other distortional policies.

From Reuters • Mar. 26, 2011

The distortional movement of the material is carried out against the action and within the field of certain forces which exist in the mass of material in virtue of its gravitative or cohesive qualities.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James

Waves of light must be of the distortional kind, and the velocity of the other kind of wave may be quite different from the velocity of light.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various