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US
/kənˈtɔɹʃən/
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[ UK /kəntˈɔːʃən/ ]
[ UK /kəntˈɔːʃən/ ]
NOUN
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a tortuous and twisted shape or position
they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
the acrobat performed incredible contortions - the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
How To Use contortion In A Sentence
- Heck, sometime the chips they carry are so large that you have to be a contortionist to avoid knocking them over.
- Kevin Drum relays without comment a letter from a conservative defending torture, an exercise in intellectual and moral contortionism that is revelatory, I think. 12/18/2007
- It had a peculiar gearstick, and the driver could find reverse only after various undignified contortions.
- He went through a series of amazing contortions to get Karen a work permit.
- They had so much soul, and that so contortionate, that she could not even keep her attention on them long enough to discover why they were not alive. Swan Song
- Their bodies had suffered contortion as a result of malnutrition.
- Quidam features a variety of incredible circus acts, including the German wheel, banquine, Spanish webs, diabolos, aerial contortion in silk and, of course, a trio of crazy clowns.
- I've given him positions even a contortionist couldn't survive. INSIDERS
- It frees him from the awkward contortions of hand and wrist that make violin lessons and practice all too necessary.
- I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts.
