- present participle of twist.
twisting
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twistings
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the act of squirming or turning about; wiggling.
Her restless twisting disturbed the bedsheets.
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the act or practice of tricking the holder of a life insurance policy into switching to a policy from a new company that is less advantageous for them.
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Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted that a spinning black hole would drag spacetime along with it, twisting it in a way that changes the orbits of the surrounding stars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Raman effortlessly turned the mayor’s rhetorical traps around like Bugs Bunny twisting Elmer Fudd’s rifle right in his face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Because the researchers find that these small whirlpools appear continuously wherever the magnetic field is sufficiently strong, the vortices could provide a persistent mechanism for twisting the Sun's magnetic field lines.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
NSO astronomer Dr David Kuridze, told BBC News: "These twisting motions are creating magnetic energy, which can build up to produce those large-scale explosions."
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The book jacket was wrapped in dark blue cloth with embroidered gold leaves twisting like vines and a giant bright eight-pointed star at the center.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
The dance is what the title suggests: the twistings and turnings of an insomniac, incarnated by the flexible Heriberto Meneses.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
Arranged by loose themes, the show charts the vertiginous twistings of Mr. Van Noten’s imagination, and the way he absorbs and digests source material that spans centuries and mediums.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2014
In none of these twistings of conventional reality did Vonnegut ever address himself directly to the question of madness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doubtless there will be many twistings and turnings, moments of tension and suspense, backsliding by either side that threatens to abort the whole process before a real peace is nailed down.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bed creaks all night with her twistings and turnings and she keeps us awake with her moaning for water.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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