How to Use distort in a Sentence

distort

verb

• The sound of the guitar was distorted.
• Heat caused the plastic to distort.
• The story was distorted by the press.
• She felt he was distorting the facts.
• Her face was distorted by pain.
• The loss of both her parents at an early age distorted her outlook on life.
• The odd camera angle distorted her figure in the photograph.
• What was up with Princess Charlotte’s hand, which seemed distorted by the cuff of her sleeve?
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
• From hooded lovers to food with eyes, Magritte made art meant to disrupt and distort.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
• Sometimes the screen will go black or the audio will be distorted.
  — Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• Through his art, Meris reclaims his own body from a figure that has been distorted by the white gaze.
  — Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Through Candy’s case, Love & Death considers how the media and the law distort the truth.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2023
• Venus and Neptune’s clash distorts boundaries with loved ones.
  — USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• The hawk tried again and again, its wings flapping in her face with each try, distorting her view of what was happening right in front of her.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
• The advice was to avoid offering comments that might distort the case.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2022
• However, the fan proved to be distracting, and some mild wind distorted the screen in our tests.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• Video shows 'Flying Island' park ride The dark, saucer-like shape in the video has been distorted and misidentified.
  — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
• Radiator fans move air over the turbos in the valley of the V. Look in the rearview and heat waves distort everything behind you.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023
• Some humans noticed the E-collar distorted their pets’ sense of sound.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
• Avoid anything push-up, padded, or smash-me-down (like a compressive sports bra) that will distort your true curves and throw off the whole measurement.
  — Rozalynn S. Frazier, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2023
• This is the fastest rise on record, apart from the period when the figures were distorted by the pandemic, Morgan noted.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 13 June 2023
• Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused the states of distorting the record in the case.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• The lows don't distort at top volumes and still sound robust at moderate levels.
  — PCMAG, 17 Mar. 2024
• As the droplets get larger, gravity distorts their shape and the rainbow vanishes.
  — Partha Chowdhury, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2023
• There are purposes for writing beyond the test, and my concern is that the test distorts those purposes.
  — Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2023
• While explaining his answer, the screen starts to glitch and soon Damon is subject to a carousel of image-distorting filters.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2023
• Joyce had argued that giving the extra flights to the Middle Eastern airline would distort the market.
  — Angus Whitley, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
• The bass doesn't distort at maximum volume levels and the lows still sound robust at moderate ones.
  — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
• But a closer look showed the gains may have been distorted by seasonal adjustments and that wage growth was modest.
  — WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
• Ramshaw also pointed out that metals ring with all manner of strange vibrations that might distort shot noise in the current.
  — Quanta Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024