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The pros twist, unfurl and drum, and the kids clown around, balance and contort.
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We're pretty used to fashion brands retouching photos to contort models'bodies.
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How far beneath the limbo bar will you contort yourself to accommodate King James?
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Balanced high on a single bicycle, 20 Chinese girls contort themselves into knots.
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We decided to contort ourselves into a model-y pose to test it for ourselves.
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As he was thrust into my arms I could feel him contort into a strange shape.
From the guardian.co.uk
In circulation, RBCs must contort to squeeze through capillaries half their diameter.
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He couldn't contort his mind into the arbitrary exercise known as SAT Prep.
From the forbes.com
However, because it's a coupe, back-seat passengers must contort to crawl into the rear.
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- Twist and press out of shape
- (contorted) twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott
- (Contortions) Contortion (sometimes contortionism) is an unusual form of physical display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body. Contortion is often part of acrobatics and circus acts. ...
- Contorts (arguably) is a portmanteau, or a combination of "contracts" and "torts" originated by Grant Gilmore in his book The Death of Contract. The generally informal term refers to the continual or persistent "tortification" of Contract law. ...
- (The Contortions) One of the original punk jazz groups of the New York No Wave scene, the Contortions were led by saxophonist James Chance, aka James White. Their first recorded appearance, credited solely as the Contortions, was on the 1978 compilation, No New York. ...
- To twist in a violent manner; as, features contorted with fury; To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
- (contorted) twisted; a form of imbricate aestivation in which each segment has one edge overlapping the next segment. Fig.11 E.
- The act of twisting out of shape, used to make one feel better when one busts into tears.
