Ibrahim's grimace was personal, the kind of contortion an insult brings. From Wordnik.com. [What About the Iraqis?] Reference
Marjutti had given a lecture on the art of contortion. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
He has already one contortion -- spasm -- what you call it?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880] Reference
Fear made her expression one of sickness, an ugly contortion. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Beat]
The fixity continues, and is only deepened into contortion and grimace. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864] Reference
There was no struggle, no contortion, to mark the moment of dissolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
That's really a pretty extraordinary sort of contortion of his background. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2008] Reference
Her laugh consisted of a contortion of the face and all the muscles of the body. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening] Reference
The red stripes of the pyjamas gave added emphasis to the contortion of the body. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret has Scruples]
A gasp of fright came from the girl as she saw the contortion of his haggard face. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
But he doesn't want to apply the same contortion of truth and law to his own case. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2005] Reference
The result of that frightened contortion of the features was nothing less than ghastly. From Wordnik.com. [Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
"But we shall always live together," said the count, with a contortion meant for a smile. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference
Mercifully, Christians like Spong and Jenkins offer an alternative to Orwellian contortion. From Wordnik.com. [Valerie Tarico: Christians Vote on the Worst Verse in the Bible] Reference
The twins looked at each other and screwed their lips into a violently repressive contortion. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
"Disciplined growth, margin improvement," he sang in something of a contortion to match the melody. From Wordnik.com. [MetLife's Singing CEO Seeks the Right Note] Reference
The strangest contortion of astonishment, pain, and reluctant and grudging affection twisted his face. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Novice]
As the expression carries with it no grimace or contortion of the features, the beauty is not destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt.] Reference
= A peculiar figure caused by the contortion of the woody fibres, and takes a wavy line parallel to them. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
It's easy to miss, but it's the kernel of the McCain campaign's latest contortion of conservative economics. From Wordnik.com. [Terrance Heath: The Meek Shall Not Inherit] Reference
Bob made an indescribable contortion of his figure, charitably supposed to be intended for a bow, and passed on. From Wordnik.com. [Holiday Tales] Reference
It is then came the first contortion on Cuchulainn, so that it made him horrible, many-shaped, wonderful, strange. From Wordnik.com. [Táin Bó Cúalnge. English] Reference
Manag Iss was evidently not a man who smiled often and when he smiled now it was a strange contortion of the face. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortress of the Pearl]
His ethical contortion is evidence enough that the moral foundation on which the ban was based was highly suspect. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Schweitzer: Stem Cell Research Again: A Momentous Development] Reference
You know, Stern should be in Cirque du Soleil, because he ` s really pulling a contortion down there in the Bahamas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2007] Reference
By dint of facial contortion Kiska puzzled out the meaning, and handed the message to Shelby, who gave it grave perusal. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
But what really interests me: Which pundit will find the most egregious contortion of the "under the bus" metaphor ....?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama On Wright: "I Might Not Know Him As Well As I Thought"] Reference
It was a terrific blow to Jude, who still, however, retained consciousness, though now incapable of even hiss or contortion. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
"Honor!" said Jaspar, laying his hand upon the place where the heart belonged, with an amusing contortion of the facial muscles. From Wordnik.com. [Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue] Reference
There is a technique to being Chuck Bass, it turns out -- at least in photos -- that involves a very skilled contortion of the face. From Wordnik.com. [Ed Westwick's Photo Face] Reference
If you have to engage in this kind of mental contortion to justify your support for your candidate, maybe its time to find a new candidate. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: I Have Better "Courage And Convictions" Than Obama] Reference
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