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Significats de contortion en anglès

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конторсия
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contorção
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Skill of extreme physical flexibility.

конторсия
català
torsió
espanyol
torsión

A tortuous and twisted shape or position.

torsió
portuguès
deformação
català
deformació
espanyol
contorsión

The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)

deformació
Ús de contortion en anglès
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A swift muscular contortion made the left shoulder strike the ground first.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
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There was no struggle, no contortion, to mark the moment of dissolution.
The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century
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The uglier the contortion and more frightful the grimace, the louder they laughed.
Big Brother
4
But the smile quivered and ended in a pathetic contortion of her face.
Emily Fox-Seton / Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The M...
5
A curious contortion of the deaf-and-dumb alphabet was used among the
Big and Little Sisters: A Story of an Indian Mission School
6
A smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.
Tancred; Or, The New Crusade
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And that kind of contortion does not look like strong leadership.
The Guardian
8
As of nervous contortion, the ghastly face presents an awful picture.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
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The jagged contortion of forked lightning has imprinted its mark on your face.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
10
Every mouth that was not making a contortion was emitting yells.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
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Pure without attenuation, passionate without contortion, when once heard it exacted absolute confidence.
Vittoria — Volume 4
12
The younger man's smile was a mere contortion of the lips.
The Quickening
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Strutting through his rented castle marvelling at the damp contortion of each antique.
A singular man
14
It is the representation of oddity climbing with knees, bizarre features, and contortion.
Climbing Magazine
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McCloskey's face contortion was intended to figure as a derisive smile.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
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Laveaux's eyes were grave and sad above the fixed contortion of his smile.
All souls' rising
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