All 9 Uses of

contort

in

Interview with the Vampire

And when I thought of this, I saw Babette's face contorted with hatred when she had held the lantern waiting to light it, and I saw Lestat in my mind and hated him, and I felt, yes, damned and this is hell, and in that instant I had bent down and driven hard into her soft, small neck and, hearing her tiny cry, whispered even as I felt the hot blood on my lips, 'It's only for a moment and there'll be no more pain.'†
Part 1

contorted = twisted

I saw her white hand clutching at his sleeve, and I could see his chest heaving for breath and his face contorted the way I'd never seen it.†
Part 1 *

Her face contorted suddenly, as if she were straining to hear me over a sudden noise.†
Part 1

She studied me, her face contorted, her head turning as if she wouldn't give me her direct glance, as if she must deflect an overpowering feeling of revulsion.†
Part 1

The head was off like that' He shut his eyes, his face contorted, and put his head to the side.†
Part 2

His blanched, contorted face strained as the sound died in his throat, and he nodded desperately, his red hair loose and disheveled, falling into his eyes.†
Part 2

So, scenes are near my heart like pictures in lockets, yet monstrous pictures no artist or camera would ever catch; and over and over I would see Claudia at the piano's edge that last night when Lestat was playing, preparing to die, her face when he was taunting her, that contortion that at once became a mask; attention might have saved his life, if, in fact, he were dead at all.†
Part 3

contortion = the act of twisting or bending to an unnatural shape

What happened then was swift and confused, but it ended abruptly with the vampire on his feet holding the boy by the shoulders, the boy's moist face contorted with fear, the vampire glaring at him in rage.†
Part 4

contorted = twisted

Definition:

twist or bend to an unnatural shape -- something such as the human body, a facial expression, or the truth