contort
US /kənˈtɔ:rt/
・UK /kənˈtɔ:t/
C2
v.t.Transitive VerbTo twist into an unusual appearance or shape
Their faces contort in agony as they walk under the scorching heat of the sun, in the middle of nowhere.
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Why no one wants to host the Olympics
- And so what the city would have to do is contort itself in order to accommodate the IOC.
And so what the city would have to do is contort itself in order to accommodate the IOC.
The 10 CRAZIEST Game Shows of All Time!
- See, the contestants are required to desperately contort their bodies just so they can fit through the Tetris-shaped piece holes in the Styrofoam in the walls that are moving towards them.
See, the contestants are required to desperately contort their bodies just so they can fit through the Tetris-shaped piece holes in the Styrofoam in the walls that are moving towards them.
- to desperately contort their bodies
to desperately contort their bodies
Game Theory: The TWISTED Lore of Reanimal
- but as we escape from this horrifying man, we fall off a cliff and suddenly we're looking inside the well once again, with a dead lamb at the bottom that begins to contort and the screen once again goes red.
but as we escape from this horrifying man, we fall off a cliff and suddenly we're looking inside the well once again, with a dead lamb at the bottom that begins to contort and the screen once again goes red.
- That Begins to contort and the screen once again goes red.
That Begins to contort and the screen once again goes red.
DNA, Hot Pockets, & The Longest Word Ever: Crash Course Biology #11
- That's because proteins, in addition to being hella big, can also contort into very complex and downright lovely formations.
That's because proteins, in addition to being hella big, can also contort into very complex and downright lovely formations.
Reaching New Lows With the Queen of Limbo
- in order to contort my body to make it under the bar.
in order to contort my body to make it under the bar.
Are You Tricked By These Optical Illusions?
- You might think that there's no way a person could contort themselves into a shape like that.
You might think that there's no way a person could contort themselves into a shape like that.
30 Years of Business Advice in 13 Minutes (from a Billionaire)
- But all of these things don't matter because they are completely contrived and you contort yourself,
But all of these things don't matter because they are completely contrived and you contort yourself,
"Don't Learn to Code, But Study This Instead..." says NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
- And so that's actually new, that you can actually get computers to do things without having to do it in this like contort yourself to the machine.
And so that's actually new, that you can actually get computers to do things without having to do it in this like contort yourself to the machine.
3 Ways to Deal with Envious Friends...
- They don't contort themselves into knots in the name of politeness.
They don't contort themselves into knots in the name of politeness.
- They don't contort themselves into knots in the name of politeness.
They don't contort themselves into knots in the name of politeness.