twisted

• All the vessels are then to be tied or twisted, and the spermatic artery is to be secured alone, not, as used to be the case, included in a common ligature with the other constituents of the cord. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• Then Gordon's lips twisted, as he realized it wasn't all gravy. —  Police Your Planet
• He knew perfectly well that the histories he had read were doctored, twisted, and, in general, totally unreliable in so far as presenting anything that would be called a history by an unbiased investigator But, knowing this, MacMaine had been able to learn a great deal about the present society. —  The Highest Treason
• When my life gets tangled and twisted, and I want a minister to help me, I shall be too timid to approach the man who is always in a fluster. —  Mushrooms on the Moor
• The warp yarns are firmly twisted, the twist being in the opposite direction to the twist in the filling yarn. —  Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades

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