Both Uses of
contort
in
The Fountainhead
- The twilight flowed in through the garments of stiff saints, their arms contorted at the elbows.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- When he looked up, he was in a brightly lighted street, on a trim sidewalk, looking at a wax figure exquisitely contorted on a satin chaise longue in a shop window; the figure wore a salmon-colored negligee, lucite sandals and a string of pearls suspended from one raised finger.†
Chpt 4.16
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