contort
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- contort
- contort: see torment
- contort (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin contortus, past participle of contorquere "to whirl, twist together," from com- "together" or intensive (see com-) + torquere "to twist" (see torque (n.)). Related: Contorted; contorting.
Example
- 1. She felt her stomach contort horribly with guilt .
- 2. I didn 't care how much I had to contort my body and my principles .
- 3. With its roots in strip clubs and bedrooms , pole dancing has been dismissed as a misogynistic playground in which women contort themselves for the viewing pleasure of men .
- 4. Sometimes when you play , you hit a note or chord , andyour facial and body expressions contort to matchtheaudio expression .
- 5. A republican official in franklin county , ohio , writing of his state 's decision to limit early-voting , said : " we shouldn 't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban voter-turnout machine . "