Old trees with contorted branches.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

His mad contorted smile.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used without object) : His face contorted into a grotesque sneer.    From Dictionary.com. 

Gavino’s face whipped in their direction and his expression contorted into one of loathing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Highborn] Reference

Her expression contorted and she barked at the tall southerner's companion.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Triumph of Souls]

In a short video, men tied in contorted positions are held down on the ground and questioned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indonesia Military Confirms Troops In Papua Torture Footage (GRAPHIC VIDEO)] Reference

" Her expression contorted as she watched the bound assassin being removed from the room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drowning World]

However, now, as I explained what she needed to do to help me, her expression contorted into frustration and then anger.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2008 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

Simna's expression contorted as he mulled over his companion's words-and suddenly he saw the blowing, drifting red sand in a new light.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carnivores of Light and Darkness]

My words are only "contorted" to you, and just because you cannot answer logically my questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

His expression contorted into a smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flinx's Folly]

A pained expression contorted Lucas’s face for a moment, but he brought himself swiftly under control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pirates] Reference

Expression contorted in a grimace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Savor Me Slowly] Reference

"contorted" in the country, but it gave Illinois its first majority-Hispanic district.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brennan Center for Justice] Reference

His contorted expression cries out: pull a red card, man!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Armchair Critic] Reference

Holaf wrenched free, turned, his face contorted with hatred.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valley of the Croen] Reference

A leaked image of Khaled's contorted bloody face went viral.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adel Iskandar: Thunderous Silence on the Nile] Reference

It was all contorted and kept making vile and terrible moans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cat is a Metaphor] Reference

His face was contorted, his gait clumsy, his complexion crimson.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fanfare for a Soldier] Reference

At my desk, contorted by my ergonomic back-saving kneeling chair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gil Laroya: Be Virtually Anything You Want To - Virtually] Reference

Carlos's pale face was contorted in pain and his eyes were closed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bandit Love] Reference

It was a painful, contorted vote and obviously not from her heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aubrey Sarvis: Outrage Is Overdue] Reference

The public is as contorted as a New York street pretzel on this one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton's Houdini Act] Reference

Now, there are a lot of ways in which that logic is totally contorted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daum Says Call Palin What She Is: A Feminist] Reference

The kind that often malfunction, twisting the face into a contorted mess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vic's] Reference

The girl's face is still in his mind, her features contorted, nightmarish.    From Wordnik.com.  [You'll Never Get Anything Accomplished on an Empty Stomach] Reference

She raises her hand and the people halt in contorted positions like freeze tag.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cure] Reference

 During the night she woke to find him clinging to her, his face wet and contorted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hymen] Reference

She looked about nine or ten, and contorted her face into a nihilistic grimace directed at me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sanctuary] Reference

The facts of the "Wally" case, as contested and contorted as any there could be, were also grim.    From Wordnik.com.  [Portrait of Notoriety] Reference

Mellon, his face contorted with a mixture of anger and hatred, was standing just behind Jakob von Liegnitz.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unwise Child] Reference

A spasm of pain contorted the pallid face and he went on hurriedly as if fearful of the inevitable interruption.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Ace] Reference

Elizabeth lifted her chin on one finger and with a corner of Aunt Susan's own apron, wiped the tears from the contorted face.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference

With her small head contorted in a rictus of pain, Irma came to symbolize a stricken Bosnia the United Nations couldn't save.    From Wordnik.com.  [When There's No Peace To Keep] Reference

Some of the bodies were horribly mangled, and the features were twisted and contorted as if they had died in the most excrutiating agony.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference