His face was contorted with rage. From LearnThat.org. [www.ldoceonline.com]
The interplay between contract and tort the so-called contort is very important and not easy to understand. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Business Torts:] Reference
I'm not prying, "Antimodes explained, seeing a pained expression contort the child's face. From Wordnik.com. [The Soulforge]
It will contort the United States of America itself. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2006] Reference
He wanted to see her scream, to see her face contort. From Wordnik.com. [Annie, Get Your Guy & Messing Around With Max]
Unexpressed feelings can contort the muscles or bones. From Wordnik.com. [Ed and Deb Shapiro: Bodymind And Cheney's Back: What His Injury Is Trying To Tell Him] Reference
I felt my face contort in the dehydrated afternoon sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [Spiders on the Wall] Reference
Their hair ripples, their faces contort, their bodies twist and fight. From Wordnik.com. [The Matrix Makers] Reference
Most working actors start out thin and contort themselves to fit a role. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Quivers: Weight a Minute!] Reference
It's approaching three in the morning, and a string of yawns contort his face. From Wordnik.com. [Weary] Reference
And you contort your face wildly and desperately rub your nose to make it stop?. From Wordnik.com. [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference
I contort my body slightly so that I can make it up to the second level with Andrew. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
I waited, watching her face contort to control the tears that were filling her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Jacqueline Wales: Excerpt from When The Crow Sings] Reference
If the moisture contort is 72 percent or more, the cutter should be set for a 1/2 - to. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2] Reference
I am more interested in teasing out why Irving should contort himself to believe this. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: "Hitler Appointed Me His Biographer": An Exclusive Interview With David Irving] Reference
(Last night, even Pat Buchanan on MSNBC stopped trying to contort himself explaining McCain.). From Wordnik.com. [Breaking: McCain To Attend Debate] Reference
I hope that when i'm old and my face begins to contort, I am as jolly and good spirited as him. From Wordnik.com. [motivate-me1 Diary Entry] Reference
Anything to bring it down to a simmer where I can control it, contort it, squash it and kill it. From Wordnik.com. [frostopia Diary Entry] Reference
My, my, you people certainly do contort yourselves into some odd knots to defend this eerie person. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
I was face to face with a Jumbotron approximation of a demon that made my head spin and my body contort. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Merlis: Thoughts About Romania and the Inauguration] Reference
Motorists are getting fatter and older -- and unwilling to contort themselves to get in and out of a car. From Wordnik.com. [Return of Le Car] Reference
Even he, though, cannot overcome the reality of failure in spite of his Herculean effort to contort the truth. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Schweitzer: The Colossal Collapse of Conservatism] Reference
The colors of stop lights dance in my vision, contort in streams of rain, drowning any trace of comprehension. From Wordnik.com. [nessus Diary Entry] Reference
Aren't you supposed to let people answer honestly, then contort the results into whatever you want them to mean?. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Williams: The War on Christmas in July] Reference
The trainer can use this to assess participant performance and identify weaknesses in program contort or process. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
The choked laughter and the tears streaming his face infected the King, and his laughter too began to contort him. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
Allowing the actions of a few to skew and contort this critical point of focus is not what free, brave people choose. From Wordnik.com. [Vaishali: Mosque'd in Controversy] Reference
When she speaks she equivocates leaving wiggle room to contort the answer whichever way the polls show is prevailing. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Camp To Hillary: Not So Fast With That Coronation] Reference
"Theoda," Helva said softly in the 30th hour, "have you noticed, as I have, the tendency of the neck muscles to contort?". From Wordnik.com. [the ship who sang]
B: If a person isn't flexible -- if he or she can't contort themselves into some of the yoga moves -- what should they do?. From Wordnik.com. [Barbara Ficarra: Yoga: It's Cool Like Tara Stiles and It's Great for Your Health] Reference
And there are certain ways that you can -- that you have to contort your face or your muscles just get out certain sounds. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2008] Reference
The Obama administration's antics around the AIG bonuses suggest a similar effort to use political power to contort the law. From Wordnik.com. [AIG and 'Political Risk'] Reference
"Behave!" ordered his sister, whereat Will proceeded to contort himself in various ways to the great amusement of the girls. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats] Reference
But we go to TV, film and theater to watch faces contort and crumple with emotion, to see ourselves, flaws and all, reflected. From Wordnik.com. [Erika Schickel: Boshox] Reference
Sargent's eyes must be willfully closed to contort the way he does to avoid acknowledging this "explosive" truth, as he calls it. From Wordnik.com. [Top Hillary Supporter: Some Whites In Pennsylvania "Are Not Ready" To Support Black Candidate] Reference
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