contort in the PONS Dictionary

contort Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to contort sb's words
изопачавам нечии думи
contort [or writhe] in pain
сгърчвам се от болка

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An example of a repulsive effect is a molecule contorting to minimize the coulombic interactions of atoms that hold like charges.
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Misty eyes blink repeatedly, lips are bitten, and faces contort in an attempt to control overwhelming sorrow and frustration.
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The term hypermobility refers to people with more-elastic ligaments, allowing their joints to stretch and contort further; this is sometimes still called double-jointedness.
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The mine in this stage is completely changed in colour to pale brown, and slightly contorted on the upper epidermis with silken threads.
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The tract is contorted, turning several times in a small area.
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The sandstone and quartzite beds of the upper member exhibit an abundance of complexly contorted, gnarly bedded, fluid expulsion structures and dramatic convolute bedding.
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Later the corridor becomes free and then is strongly contorted, often forming a secondary blotch.
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The mine consists of a long, often contorted, narrow corridor that hardly widens towards the end.
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This 1918 superman had tremendous strength, could contort his body like a rubber man and was insensitive to pain.
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The second half is much wider, much contorted and often zigzagging.
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