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  • adjective comparative form of twisty: more twisty

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Examples

  • Back then, it seemed like Heroes got better, darker, and twistier with every episode.

    'Heroes' recap: A walk down memory lane | EW.com 2009

  • Things are much twistier on Once Upon a Time, as Snow White/Mary Margaret struggle in their respective worlds with their star-crossed attraction to otherwise-engaged Prince Charming/David.

    Matt's TV Week in Review 2012

  • In such classic tales as “The Daughter of Erlik Khan,” “Three-Bladed Doom,” and “Sons of the Hawk,” Howard proves himself once again a master of action, and with plenty of eerie atmosphere his plotting becomes tighter and twistier than ever, resulting in stories worthy of comparison to Jack London and Rudyard Kipling.

    Archive 2010-01-01 RobB 2010

  • In such classic tales as “The Daughter of Erlik Khan,” “Three-Bladed Doom,” and “Sons of the Hawk,” Howard proves himself once again a master of action, and with plenty of eerie atmosphere his plotting becomes tighter and twistier than ever, resulting in stories worthy of comparison to Jack London and Rudyard Kipling.

    Books in the Mail (W/E 01/23/2010) RobB 2010

  • Lost was not the first long form drama with plotlines twistier than my scoliotic spine.

    Lost: Let’s Give Credit Where Credit is Due - Pink Raygun.com 2010

  • The true story is a far twistier and more intriguing one.

    The Many Facets of a Star-Spangled Symbol Fergus M. Bordewich 2009

  • Which is: the "Order" half is so much better -- wittier, twistier -- than the "Law" half.

    New Guy in Town: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009

  • There's Spider-Man, Buzz Lightyear and many others who will take the new twistier route south through midtown.

    CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2009 2009

  • Sequel mentality says that if the first film was a twisty pretzel, the second film has to be even twistier, lest fans get bored because they actually comprehend what they're seeing.

    Mark Blankenship: The Seven Least Essential Movies of the Next Seven Weeks 2009

  • We never really let go of the older, twistier stories; we just put them on shelves for a little while, until we could figure out what to do with them.

    seanan_mcguire: The Three Sisters: Fantasy, Horror, and Marchen. seanan_mcguire 2009

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