All 3 Uses of
contort
in
Catch-22
- 'I don't know,' the chaplain wailed softly in a quavering voice, squinting with grotesque contortions of anguish and incomprehension.†
Chpt 20
- He bowled two of them aside in his lunge for the nickel-plated microphone, his eyes glittering wildly and his beefy face contorted with stress.†
Chpt 24 *contorted = twisted
- He scooted away with his body doubled over and his face contorted intentionally into a nonchalant, sociable smile in case anyone chanced to see him.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
twist or bend to an unnatural shape -- something such as the human body, a facial expression, or the truth