Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.
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Examples for "twist "
Examples for "twist "
1 More recently, the argument has - unsurprisingly - taken an environmental twist .
2 The fire makes the red rose in his hand glow and twist .
3 A final twist in the tale appears to have taken place since.
4 Just managed twist out of way so it struck tree just behind.
5 Politically, the opposition True Finns party is seeking to twist the knife.
1 I have good reasons for mentioning his name: He's a pervert , Travis.
2 The Novels by Eminent Hands do not pervert the originals they exaggerate.
3 You probably think I'm some pervert out to take advantage of you.
4 Matzneff has said Springora was misrepresenting him as a pervert and abuser.
5 He had always sought to pervert and discredit the word of God.
1 When the wind blows straight against a sail, certain eddies are produced which cause a convolute stream around its edges.
2 The term actually stands for "Korean Augmentees to the U.S. Army" -more proof that the military can convolute anything into an acronym.
3 Will make clear everything I have convoluted with my memory and my coldness.
4 It was typically convoluted-Marywas good at convoluting - but she was also very sensible and practical.
5 The spectacle of the legal procedure showed how a literate practice ended up convoluting justice.
1 He snuck another look but had to twist around to find me.
2 Please? I bat my eyelashes at her, then twist around to Elody.
3 It leapt to twist around the sheathed weapon at Kyle's side.
4 Several angry shouts from the opposite escalator made Rhys twist around .
5 Careful if you twist around , because it's plugged into your computer.'
To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive.
1 Mr Anwar is respected by the international community as an intellectual sophisticate .
2 It's magical: the 21st-century sophisticate 's equivalent of cress on kitchen towel.
3 Would we, if we could, educate and sophisticate pigs, geese, cattle?
4 Meraux could be a charming sophisticate , speak perfect Parisian French, and discuss premier vintages.
5 Who but a prideful sophisticate would fear too much pleasure?
6 Did his would - be - sophisticate student brother Robert ever take his finals?
7 From suave businessman to casual polo player to elegant sophisticate .
8 She might not be a sophisticate herself-whohad the money?-butshe could tell the difference.
9 He could not tell this cool sophisticate that he had seen her in his dreams.
10 Some may sophisticate against it; but in vain.
11 The sophisticate she'd seen step out into the garden minutes before was here a guzzling boy.
12 Are you a continental sophisticate , or a blunt English football man who prizes industry above imagination?
13 Because the merit is an unreal merit, it does not corrupt or sophisticate his real merits.
14 My boy is a real sophisticate , I'm sure.
15 He plays the role of the sophisticate 's sophisticate .
16 Spahn was considered a sophisticate around the press, while Mathews was prone to fits of silence.
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