pretzeled

• “So they ship the poor soul-often comatose and "pretzeled," as medical staff sometimes say, in the fetal position-to the hospital.”

  Newsweek: We Have Lost Our Humanity

• “I reluctantly pretzeled my legs into a half lotus.”

  Finding Peace in Colombia

• “With roads pretzeled and fuel in high demand along the undamaged routes heading north, the government will depend on ships and aircraft for the rescue work.”

  The Washington Post: Japan begins grim relief mission with towns flooded, thousands reported missing

• “They scissored their legs into full splits, pretzeled themselves into cross-legged positions and dangled by their arms, their bodies whirling like ceiling fan blades.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Cirque du Soleil's Stunt Woman in Chief

• “The Grascals & Friends' "Country Classics With a Bluegrass Spin" offers pretty much what it advertises: a passel of famous country songs gently re-imagined, and occasionally pretzeled into submission, by the perennially underestimated Nashville bluegrass band the Grascals and a troupe of guest stars including Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton.”

  The Washington Post: Album review: "The Grascals & Friends: Country Classics With a Bluegrass Spin"

• “It's hypocrisy pretzeled into an inextricable knot only the worst case of cognitive dissonance could find comforting.”

  The Huffington Post: Matthew Harwood: The Pentagon Prevents a Poison Prayer

• “Robotic submarines, which have been sending video feeds from the bottom of the gulf and attempting to activate the malfunctioning "blowout preventer" on the wellhead, turned their attention to a leak at the end of the drill pipe, which sticks from the end of the pretzeled riser.”

  The Washington Post: Robotic submarines cap leaking oil pipe in Gulf of Mexico

• “My heart was in my throat, my fingers crossed as if at a playoff game, my whole body pretzeled with the intense and irrational desire of someone madly hoping for an impossible upset.”

  Simon & Schuster: Big Girls Don’t Cry

• “He's completely pretzeled himself while trying to attack on the issue.”

  Snap Polls Give Debate Win To Obama

• “On a dollars-per-boffolas measure, Rudnick is a best buy, but "" Naked Truth '' is also a smart farce that embraces the humanity of sex -- gay, straight or pretzeled.”

  Newsweek: Theater: Rudnick Family Values

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