Both Uses of
contort
in
BoneMan's Daughters
- The idea of following the drawings on the wall was one thing, but as he'd learned in the last half hour, manually contorting another man's arm until the wrist snapped was an entirely different thing.†
Chpt 26contorting = twisting or bending to an unnatural shape
- His stomach was empty so they were dry heaves, but they watered his eyes and contorted his body.†
Chpt 38 *contorted = twisted
Definition:
twist or bend to an unnatural shape -- something such as the human body, a facial expression, or the truth