twist
verb (used with object)
to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
twistingly
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a word derived from
twist.
Example Sentences
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All they discovered was a strange, sweet smelling spoor that led twistingly into the fen.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
Hands on each other’s shoulders, they stood there in the gathering dark, where grotesque trees arched twistingly overhead.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various
Being in mid-leap when he received the blow Jerry was twistingly somersaulted sidewise before he struck the deck on his back.
From Jerry of the Islands by Jack London
A driveway led twistingly down from the gate-lodge, to the house.
From Further Adventures of Lad by Albert Payson Terhune
As a last-lap spurt, he had, in the last week or so, desperately stuffed himself with cunning tips leading twistingly to nowhere.
From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Frederick Swainson
