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Meanings of contortionism in anglès

rus
конторсия
portuguès
contorção
espanyol
backbend
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Skill of extreme physical flexibility.

конторсия
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Examples for "contortion"
Examples for "contortion"
1
A swift muscular contortion made the left shoulder strike the ground first.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
2
There was no struggle, no contortion, to mark the moment of dissolution.
The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century
3
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
Translations for contortionism