twisty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of twisty
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In her very long and very twisty new novel, the author examines a Depression-era sterilization law in Mississippi, thereby connecting three white female characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Welsh actors Mark Lewis Jones and Steffan Rhodri are set to star in a "witty, twisty" crime series, working together to solve murders in a seaside town.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 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
This twisty sci-fi thriller explores a world where everyone is under digital surveillance, and artificial intelligence has been harnessed to try to reduce the crime rate.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
We came to a firebreak and Papa plunged into it, began to cut a twisty path across its emptiness, shouting “Hyah! Hyahl,” gouging ragged tracks through the dusty sand.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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
The path is still pretty wide, wide enough for horses, but the terrain around us is getting rockier, the path twistier.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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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