All 5 Uses of
distort
in
The Women of Brewster Place
- He wanted to kill the man who had sneaked into his home and distorted the faith and trust he had in his child.†
p. 23.3 *distorted = altered in an unnatural or untrue way
- And yet, somehow, back there it had been played to a music that had totally distorted the steps for her friend.†
p. 70.5
- She was too stunned to cry out from the pain of the long fingernails that dug into her shoulders, and she was brought so close to her mother's face that she saw her reflection, distorted and wavering, in the tears that stood in the older woman's eyes.†
p. 86.1
- Crystal bells that grew larger and louder, until their sound was distorted in his ears and he almost believed that she had said "Good night, Daddy Ben"—no—"Mornin' Daddy Ben, mornin' Daddy Ben, mornin' ...'†
p. 149.5
- Dark faces distorted into masks of pleasure, surprise, purpose, and satisfaction—thin masks that were glued on by the warm air of the October sun.†
p. 180.9
Definition:
to alter something in an unnatural or untrue way