All 4 Uses of
contort
in
1984 by Orwell
- They were a few meters apart when the left side of the man's face was suddenly contorted by a sort of spasm.†
p. 64..2 *
- A little Rumpelstiltskin figure, contorted with hatred, he gripped the neck of the microphone with one hand while the other, enormous at the end of a bony arm, clawed the air menacingly above his head.†
p. 180..8
- Winston had a glimpse of her face, upside down, yellow and contorted, with the eyes shut, and still with a smear of rouge on either cheek; and that was the last he saw of her.†
p. 223..8
- The guard was laughing at his contortions.†
p. 239..4
Definition:
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(contort) twist or bend to an unnatural shape -- something such as the human body, a facial expression, or the truth