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But the most fruitful aspect of the film may be its themes, which unbraid and retwist the threads and conventions of the damsel-in-distress narrative even as they superficially follow them.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2022

So I change my dress, bathe my face, make my maid retwist my hair, and prepare to be chastenedly and moderately glad to see them.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

There would have been quite other fish for Joan to fry, and other thread for her to retwist, if she had had to do with Henry of Bolingbroke instead of Henry of Windsor.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

Clasping hands with the stranger maiden, she soon learnt how to twist and retwist beneath her own and Fidunia's arms in a quaint manner that Franz and his comrades thought exceedingly bewitching.

From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Morgan, Louisa