time warp
noun
a hypothetical eccentricity in the progress of time that would allow movement back and forth between eras or that would permit the passage of time to be suspended.
time warps
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pluralof time warp.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Like the woman’s increasingly upsetting visions, these time warps seem related to the eerie, vaguely human-shaped standing stone that looms over the island, a memorial to a past seafaring tragedy.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
If killer robots, wanton violence, time warps, and cyber-commerce’s commodification of rural America seem like familiar themes, it’s because they are.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
If you have ever been in a fight or a car accident, you know how time warps in a situation like that, where 2-3 seconds feel like 25 minutes.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2020
The half-dozen songs that unfold in its last half-hour are as moving an account of the way time warps youthful dreams as you’re ever likely to hear.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 10, 2012
Most of Trout’s novels, after all, dealt with time warps and extrasensory perception and other unexpected things.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
