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.

“His mind was twisting them around. He was humiliated by the things that he thought were being said.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2023

Like I was a piece of wire he was twisting and making shapes out of.

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

And I kept being confused by weird air effects down around my footrest; it seemed like I had dropped something that was twisting around my ankles.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2019

“My stomach was twisting and turning,” he says.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2019

I could have challenged Ruth, told her she was twisting things, that even if I might have laughed, it wasn’t in the way she was implying.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro