All 8 Uses of
contort
in
Angelfall
- It's like holding up a flagpole with my arms contorted.†
p. 47..2 *
- Our bodies contort around each other as we roll in the mud around the wash basins.†
p. 126..7
- Their faces are contorted, showing too much teeth and too much white around their eyes.†
p. 145..9
- Her friend Judith was born with stumpy arms and tiny, malformed hands; Alex wobbled when he walked and had to contort his face painfully to form coherent words, which often let out an embarrassing amount of drool; Will was a quadriplegic who needed a pump to keep him breathing.†
p. 194..6
- Raffe lies on the floor, his face and muscles contorted with pain.†
p. 256..7
- The muscles in my face just twitch instead of contorting in agony.†
p. 263..7
- His face is contorted in rage as he lifts what looks like a refrigerator over Raffe's head the way Cain must have hefted a boulder over Abel's head.†
p. 265..2
- He steps over the contorted railing that lies on the stairs.†
p. 269..6
Definition:
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(contort) twist or bend to an unnatural shape -- something such as the human body, a facial expression, or the truth