distort
verb (used with object)
to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed.
distorts
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present tense formof distort (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Mitchell and Pomerleau argue the exclusion is inefficient, distorts economic decision-making, and treats taxpayers with similar levels of income differently.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915, general relativity describes gravity as the bending of spacetime by mass, similar to how a heavy object distorts a stretched surface.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
"When you go through something like that so young it kind of distorts your reality for a long time," Pesante said.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Bad weather often distorts the jobs report by making it seem as if employment was weaker than it really was.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
Unlike most mortals, she could see through the Mist—the magic veil that distorts human vision.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
