How to Use contort in a Sentence

contort

verb

• The boy contorted his body to squeeze through the gate.
• Her face was contorted with rage.
• His body contorted with pain.
• James Comey twisted the facts, contorted the law to clear her.
  — Fox News, 24 Aug. 2018
• Gets vertical and extends or contorts in a crowd to grab the pass from the air.
  — Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, 29 Apr. 2017
• The sport, as a whole, should be contorting itself to make this work.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 25 Sep. 2019
• The 41-year-old pitcher could not contort his body to corral it.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2018
• The wing is an oval, but while in flight, the pressure would force that to contort into a circle.
  — Molly Quell, Ars Technica, 22 Oct. 2019
• Veins bulge and bleed along Lack’s arms and then do the same on the side of Ironside’s head as his face contorts with effort.
  — Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
• For now, that’s a concern that seems only to contort observers on the left.
  — Ryann Liebenthal, The New Republic, 9 May 2023
• In a face-off against Queen Vision, Ami twists and contorts her body to its limits.
  — Meron Menghistab, Allure, 27 June 2024
• Be able to reach back and contort his body into positions to catch the ball.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2022
• Parsons would contort himself to get around blocks and force plays to fall apart.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
• The winger still has two and a half years left on his contract, and is unlikely to be able to contort the stance of the Leicester board.
  — SI.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• Matt is going to put you in a bunch of different spots, contort you.
  — Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 22 Aug. 2017
• Much of Bella’s inner world comes through in how Stone contorts her body.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• This kept me from having to maneuver and contort my arms as the wand inched closer to my scalp.
  — Marisa Petrarca, Allure, 29 Dec. 2022
• Adults, however, will have to squeeze, bend, squish and contort their arms and legs to sit in some three-row SUVs.
  — Bymorgan Korn, ABC News, 8 May 2022
• Martin, the suave crooner who made ladies swoon, was the straight man; Lewis, the body-contorting and asexual man-child, got the laughs.
  — Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, 20 Aug. 2017
• That means the robot can pick up its legs to walk, bend its knees, turn its head, and contort its fingers to mime hand signals.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2020
• Winston elevated and contorted his body just enough to toss the ball high off the glass.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2020
• Damien Moore caught the ball, ran up the field and contorted his body with a 360-degree spin that left a defender grasping for air.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2019
• Lance Stephenson contorted his body and made a driving shot in the lane, putting the Pacers ahead, 95-92 ,with four minutes left.
  — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2018
• People who have long been marginalized and othered for having curves no longer feel the need to contort themselves to fit in.
  — Shammara Lawrence, Teen Vogue, 14 Nov. 2018
• The time signatures and rhythms contort like snakes in a bag (though sticking to 7/4 for a lot of it provides a strange cohesion).
  — Christopher R. Weingarten, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• It’d been forced to contort plenty en route to a record 25 victories this season.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022
• But look again and listen: the First Lady seemed uncertain, her face contorted as if on the verge of tears for a few minutes.
  — Rhonda Garelick, The Cut, 22 Sep. 2017
• Its meaning will be contorted and confused and to some extent lost.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
• His lanky body contorts in directions that don’t make sense except in their apparent ease.
  — Zach Harris, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2024
• Harris no longer has to compete with more than 20 other Democrats for attention on the campaign trail, or contort herself to appease liberal pieties to win over the party’s base.
  — Charlotte Alter/philadelphia, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024