twisty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of twisty
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They've always been strong there, the car's characteristics this year seem to fit the slow and twisty Monaco track well, and Charles Leclerc, in particular, is amazing around there.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
After it’s confirmed in the hospital that she’s gone, we see Harold racing along a twisty turny road in his car, a Jaguar with a hearse top welded onto it.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026
Although the meaning of the red cloak and details of who might be wearing it are under wraps for now, Winkleman told journalists earlier this month that the next series "gets pretty twisty".
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
The co-stars discuss their twisty thriller on Peacock that takes its depiction of motherhood — and the blame women place on themselves when something goes awry — very seriously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
I squeezed nervously through the thorny door, ducking and holding in my stomach, and entered a long, twisty hallway made of woven branches still carrying leaves and flowers.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Mr. Wallace concludes with the triumphant campaign to win the headquarters of the United Nations for New York after World War II, a twistier tale than one might imagine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Just when you think the story can’t get twistier, it does, but you don’t mind because Mosley’s writing is so rich, and his characters are not like anyone else’s, anywhere.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
But he's been watching faithfully, noting every turn in the episodic show twistier than its famous river.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2022
The story behind the revenge thriller “There Are No Saints” is twistier than the movie itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2022
We hurry along noisy, dusty streets that get twistier and dirtier as we move along, leaving the house far behind.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
And even at its twistiest, the melodrama never loses its grounding in the everyday mundanities of child rearing: the logistics of cribs and playmats, baby monitors and changing tables.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
The very best is the one with the twistiest plot, “Persuader.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2016
The same goes for Rami Malek, sometimes called the internet’s boyfriend, who got a trophy or Mr Robot, where he gives one of the twistiest and most raw performances around.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2016
Even in the twistiest story, there has to be some root narrative grounding the audience believes in.
From Time ● Oct. 22, 2013
Lyra—over Roger’s fervent protests—picked out the oldest, twistiest, greenest bottle she could find, and, not having anything to extract the cork with, broke it off at the neck.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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