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Meanings of contort in inglés

portugués
deformar
catalán
desfigurar

Twist and press out of shape.

        deformar
        Synonyms
        Examples for "wring"
        Examples for "wring"
        1
        This Haslerig family demonstrates that you can wring success out of anything.
        In the Land of Jim Crow
        2
        The Colonel's occasional efforts to wring information out of her yielded nothing.
        The street philosopher
        3
        You could almost wring water out of the air in our tent.
        The Life of Me: An Autobiography
        4
        It outmaneuvers rivals and strikes creative financing deals to wring out value.
        Reuters
        5
        Rovio certainly knows how to wring the most out of a franchise.
        The Irish Times
        1
        Paul McGinley must wish he was a magician, able to distort reality.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Polls using lists of emotive circumstances tend to distort results, it said.
        The Irish Times
        3
        The University of Ohio discovered that distraction distort how we view reality.
        Radio NZ
        4
        Everyone knows anger can distort judgment, temporarily blinding us to negative consequences.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Sometimes, such an approach can distort the quality of the actual music.
        The Irish Times
        1
        As these bullets strike different targets, they're gonna deform in different ways.
        Wired
        2
        Tight or high-heeled shoes deform the feet and make the gait awkward.
        First Book in Physiology and Hygiene
        3
        Certainly, such temples as these shall erelong cease to deform the landscape.
        A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
        4
        It took twenty-six years for that blessing to deform into a curse.
        Still alice
        5
        How tendons deform in different hierarchical levels under shear and compression is unknown.
        Pubmed
        Usage of contort in inglés
        1
        The podium, the lights, the focus and expectation contort the audience's perceptions.
        The Guardian
        2
        He would contort your muscles and dislocate your bones like any osteopath.
        The Book of Tea
        3
        I contort my wife's old nursing pillow to support my reclined back.
        Wired
        4
        I saw a grim smile contort Mr. Rochester's lips, and he muttered-
        Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
        5
        How they contort rapid as lightning, with spasms and spouts of blood!
        Leaves of Grass
        6
        Grant saw Lloyd's eyes grow and his mouth contort before he continued.
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
        7
        Gamers no longer use stand-up machines; instead, they contort to sofas at home.
        Wired
        8
        That means they don't have to contort to see what they're working on.
        Wired
        9
        She wasn't going to let him contort a single soul more.
        The notorious scoundrel
        10
        Hissing, shrieking my name now, as their bodies contort in rage.
        Mockingjay
        11
        For a moment Malorie sees her features contort, then shine instead.
        Bird Box
        12
        Why is it nobler to contort the mind than to contort the body?
        Short Stories and Essays (from Literature and Life)
        13
        She felt her face contort in the moment before tears came.
        The favorites: a novel
        14
        She heard a savage snarling, and she saw Laura's face contort with horror.
        Mine
        15
        I didn't have enough left in me to contort my face.
        Skin Game
        16
        I watched her face contort for a moment, then her eyes swam blue.
        Gentlemen prefer succubi
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        Translations for contort
        portugués
        deformar
        catalán
        desfigurar
        Contort through the time
        Contort across language varieties
        United States of America
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