All 4 Uses of
distort
in
Oliver Twist
- 'Aha!' said the Jew, shrugging up his shoulders, and distorting every feature with a hideous grin.†
Chpt 9 *
- Her body was bent by age; her limbs trembled with palsy; her face, distorted into a mumbling leer, resembled more the grotesque shaping of some wild pencil, than the work of Nature's hand.†
Chpt 24
- He remained silent for a few moments; and then, removing his hands suddenly from his face, showed, to the unspeakable discomposure of Mr. Bumble, that it was much distorted and discoloured.†
Chpt 38
- …day-break; that time which in the autumn of the year, may be truly called the dead of night; when the streets are silent and deserted; when even sounds appear to slumber, and profligacy and riot have staggered home to dream; it was at this still and silent hour, that Fagin sat watching in his old lair, with face so distorted and pale, and eyes so red and blood-shot, that he looked less like a man, than like some hideous phantom, moist from the grave, and worried by an evil spirit.†
Chpt 47
Definition:
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(distort) to alter something in an unnatural or untrue way