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  • adjective contorted or contorting

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Examples

  • 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 2004

  • Max shrugged his shoulders, a gesture almost contortionate, but having made his protest he gave way gracefully.

    Death of a Ghost Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1934

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