It broke off after much twisting.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object) : Several fibers were used to twist the rope. ,The sculptor twisted the form into an arabesque. He twisted his body around to look behind him. ,He twisted his ankle. ,He twisted the arm off the puppet. ,She twisted her face in a wry smile. ,He twisted my comment about to suit his own purpose. ,The loss of his business twisted his whole outlook on life. ,to twist the hair into a knot. ,I twisted my chair to face the window.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : The screenwriters gave the old plot a new twist.    From Dictionary.com. 

The bands themselves were covered in twisting vines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Update] Reference

Think Progress, setting new records in twisting words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » VIDEO: Laura Bush Sets All-Time Record, Flip-Flops in Just 25 Seconds] Reference

Expect a bunch of arm twisting from the socialist one.    From Wordnik.com.  [What to expect in Senate's Saturday health care vote] Reference

His expression twisting, Ehomba stood up and stepped back.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Triumph of Souls]

It surely saved me a lot of really brain twisting thought.    From Wordnik.com.  [What is a forum like for you?] Reference

Then, watching Pa, she followed his motions in twisting the hay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thursday 13: Laura Ingalls Wilder] Reference

I find pulling and twisting is easiest - hence the corkscrew effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toast:] Reference

You are once again twisting the reason I brought up Clinton and Rich.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Right Wing Urges Bush to Pardon Scooter Libby] Reference

I do not believe in twisting McCain's words about being in Iraq for 100yrs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Polls: Clinton gets lead in Indiana; Obama holds in North Carolina] Reference

The force of this constantly circulating light will begin twisting the empty space in the middle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

Why do we persist in twisting our knickers when books (or authors) of limited popularity win awards?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard books and awards] Reference

Specter got some arm twisting from the Democrats for him to change his mind since Specter changed parties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Specter changes his position, announces support for stalled Justice Department nominee Dawn Johnsen.] Reference

If you want to engage in twisting and distorting his legacy, then I guess you derive some sort of gratification from it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Was There a ‘Bush Doctrine’? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Hillary and her campaign workers like Mike have no shame in twisting data to their advantage and pretending to be telling the truth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blitzer: Crunch time for superdelegates] Reference

Bybee's word twisting would have made Chubby Checker jealous.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"The Japanese would not call twisting the thumbs back 'torture.'".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Miscellany of Men] Reference

Which are defined as twisting activity over water, according to Chad.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2006] Reference

Here’s a brain twisting revelation: “The economic world is flat!”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Friedman to Palestinians: Suck on This] Reference

I agree, that was the kind of word twisting that would make the MSM proud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama: Hillary "Can Run As Long As She Wants"] Reference

I think there is a limit to this word twisting, and this one is way over the line.    From Wordnik.com.  [New McCain Ad Badly Distorts Obama's Words About Iran] Reference

But direct pressure, direct arm twisting, which is what the committee's question had to do?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2006] Reference

But direct pressure, direct arm twisting, which is what the Committee's question had to do, no.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2006] Reference

They feel that if they’ve scored in twisting the perception of an event or idea, they’ve won.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Noonan: If Global Warming Is Real, Blame The Scientists] Reference

These were fairly simple to make … the twisting is the hard part … or should I say time consuming part.    From Wordnik.com.  [Culinary Concoctions by Peabody] Reference

Peter is doing the same thing he accuses the "outraged left-wing groups" of doing, namely twisting the facts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-02-01] Reference

I’m merely stating that I’m fairly annoyed by the typical explosion of emotion and word twisting by the common public.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Dobson: I Want To Cure Ted Haggard of Being Gay But Don’t Have Time, It ‘Could Take Four or Five Years’] Reference

More arm twisting from the Clinton camp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sources: Clinton supporter pressures Pelosi] Reference

I have tried a few different ways of 'twisting', but none of them seem to work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Enable Multi-Touch Tab Switching In Firefox 3.5 | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

I mean, every day that goes by with GM kind of twisting in the wind is a day that they lose customers.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 29, 2009] Reference

I saw it and I thought, you know what, you're smiling there, but you're also kind of twisting the knife a little bit.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2004] Reference

Who stuck to the facts, I mean, heaven forbid, Josh Levs, we've never heard of a candidate kind of twisting things up in the debate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2008] Reference

It has the consistent motifs of 'twisting' and 'sliding' whether it is following.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expecting Rain] Reference

Imagine that kind of twisting and turning repeated with at least eight other storylines.    From Wordnik.com.  [NWAOnline.com stories] Reference

On occasion, Mike, you've accused me in comments of "twisting" or not understanding your words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Techdirt] Reference

With this kind of twisting and obfuscation, is it any wonder that we lack faith in the government?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference