All 4 Uses of
contort
in
Gone with the Wind
- I hope I'll be like one of the darkies too," said Melanie, mustering a smile which suddenly disappeared as pain contorted her face.†
Chpt 3.21contorted = twisted
- Great God!" thundered the doctor and his face was suddenly contorted with hate and rage, a rage not directed at her or at anyone except a world wherein such things could happen.†
Chpt 3.21
- Her face went an ugly green, freckles suddenly standing out across her nose and her contorted mouth was like Gerald's in a killing rage.†
Chpt 4.34 *
- His watermelon-pink tongue lapped out, his whole body wiggled and his joyful contortions were as ludicrous as the gambolings of a mastiff.†
Chpt 4.44
Definition:
twist or bend to an unnatural shape -- something such as the human body, a facial expression, or the truth