Usage of "contortion"

русский

португальский

испанский

Skill of extreme physical flexibility.

каталонский

испанский

A tortuous and twisted shape or position.

португальский

каталонский

испанский

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

Использование термина contortion на английском

A swift muscular contortion made the left shoulder strike the ground first. 
 The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War 

There was no struggle, no contortion, to mark the moment of dissolution. 
 The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century 

The uglier the contortion and more frightful the grimace, the louder they laughed. 
 Big Brother 

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... 

A curious contortion of the deaf-and-dumb alphabet was used among the 
 Big and Little Sisters: A Story of an Indian Mission School 

A smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion. 
 Tancred; Or, The New Crusade 

And that kind of contortion does not look like strong leadership. 
 The Guardian 

As of nervous contortion, the ghastly face presents an awful picture. 
 Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter 

The jagged contortion of forked lightning has imprinted its mark on your face. 
 The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History 

Every mouth that was not making a contortion was emitting yells. 
 The Memoirs of Victor Hugo 

Pure without attenuation, passionate without contortion, when once heard it exacted absolute confidence. 
 Vittoria — Volume 4 

The younger man's smile was a mere contortion of the lips. 
 The Quickening 

Strutting through his rented castle marvelling at the damp contortion of each antique. 
 A singular man 

It is the representation of oddity climbing with knees, bizarre features, and contortion. 
 Climbing Magazine 

McCloskey's face contortion was intended to figure as a derisive smile. 
 The Taming of Red Butte Western 

Laveaux's eyes were grave and sad above the fixed contortion of his smile. 
 All souls' rising 

contortion

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Translations for contortion

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каталонский

Contortion через время

Contortion в диалектах

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Значения термина contortion на английском