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Definition
twist or bend to an unnatural shape — something such as the human body, a facial expression, or the truth
- My dignified weeping gives way to full-on ugliness, my mouth open and my face contorted and sounds like a dying animal coming from my throat.Chapter 5 (91% in)
- Johanna's face contorts, and I mimic her, to see what it feels like to have my face that way.Chapter 6 (93% in)
- He screams, his face contorting, and drives the heel of the gun into my jaw.Chapter 15 (75% in)
- Christina looks away, and at first I think she is bashful, but then I see her face contort like he slapped her instead of complimented her.Chapter 42 (13% in)
- Her face contorts.Chapter 43 (89% in)
There are no more uses of "contort" in Insurgent.
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