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Significados de contortion en inglés

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конторсия
portugués
contorção
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backbend
Wikidata

Skill of extreme physical flexibility.

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catalán
torsió
español
torsión

A tortuous and twisted shape or position.

torsión
portugués
deformação
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deformació
español
contorsión

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

contorsión
Uso de contortion en inglés
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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
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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...
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A curious contortion of the deaf-and-dumb alphabet was used among the
Big and Little Sisters: A Story of an Indian Mission School
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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