twisty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of twisty
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The extravagantly twisty plot here isn’t the draw.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The landscape was rugged and swampy, filled with insects and dense vegetation that Osinski described as "deep, twisty, gnarly vegetation."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
With a rollicking mix of high-energy country twang, twisty ballads and production-heavy pop hits bolstered by her crisp belt, she made the stage her own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 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
"Then I was frightened and I woke up. And I was outside the shelter by myself in the dark and the twisty things had gone away."
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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
Tighter pacing, more dimensional and compelling characters, and twistier consequences could have helped better propel this dark, semi-intriguing tale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2017
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 year’s twistiest movie shocked the Oscars Sunday night, becoming the first non–English-language film ever to win Best Picture.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2020
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
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
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
