All 4 Uses of
contort
in
The War of the Worlds
- Around it was a patch of silent common, smouldering in places, and with a few dark, dimly seen objects lying in contorted attitudes here and there.†
Chpt 1.8 *
- In Sunbury, and at intervals along the road, were dead bodies lying in contorted attitudes, horses as well as men, overturned carts and luggage, all covered thickly with black dust.†
Chpt 2.1
- In front of me the road became pitchy black as though it was tarred, and I saw a contorted shape lying across the pathway.†
Chpt 2.8
- Of a night I see the black powder darkening the silent streets, and the contorted bodies shrouded in that layer; they rise upon me tattered and dog-bitten.†
Chpt 2.10
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