4 uses
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Definition
to alter something in an unnatural or untrue way
- But the blurred mirror was giving her back a distorted, pink abstraction of herself, like a Francis Bacon painting, and Annie found it so disturbing that she turned off the light and went quickly back into the bedroom.Two (92% in)
- Suddenly Grace turned on her, her face savage and distorted.Thirteen (84% in)
- Grace looked at him and her face was all distorted with the pain of knowing what might have been and at last the tears came.Twenty (35% in)
- She propped herself up on her elbows as if to bolster a rage already made worse by the tears distorting her face.Twenty-three (85% in)
There are no more uses of "distort" in The Horse Whisperer.
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