warped

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A major contributing factor to conservative despair these last two weeks is that the fear that the Palin choice would be defined as a warped historical error.

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  • “There! Right there!” The fabric buckled and warped, a two-inch span where the fibers had been stretched as the SUV hit the pole, the seat belt caught, and a body flew against the strap. —  The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner
  • The whole structure was warped, and it wouldn't open. —  AnalogSFF,September2007
  • My vision was warped, as if I were taking in this scene through a long, thin tunnel. —  The Beach House
  • The edge of the wound was crinkled and warped, as though something inside had tried to escape by prying off the chest of each woman, and finally had failed, and so was still lurking within them, the pressure of it forcing the ribs apart and making of their bellies and lungs a great swollen blister that peaked in a watery, transparent sac.
  • The barrel was warped, and something inside rattled like cracker crumbs. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
 

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