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• The practice of contortion can be divided into three categories: backbending, frontbending and dislocation.2016, Louis Patrick Leroux, Charles R. Batson, Cirque Global: Quebec's Expanding Circus Boundaries, McGill-Queen's Press, →ISBN, page 297. From the entry dislocation
• Crabcore is defined by the body contortions of the band's guitarists when they perform.2009 June 23, John McDonnell, “Scene and heard: Crabcore”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry crabcore
• The CDC has gone through bizarre contortions to avoid naming the, uh, latex device.1990 Jan., “Condom Conundrum: How the World is Selling Safe Sex”, in Mother Jones Magazine, page 42. From the entry c-word
• “Entire face—This show signs of dilapidation, elliptickle contortion & curviture of the smile.1924 March 23, Wallace Irwin, “Letters Of A Japanese Schoolboy: Togo Prefers His Own Style Of Beauty”, in The Sun, volume 24, number 12D…. From the entry afraidly
• Each emotion is heightened, overemphasized with cubist contortions.2005 July 8, Ned Martel, “Manically Happy Campers and Rich but Vicious Cats”, in The New York Times. From the entry discombobulation
• Smith’s contortions to buy them off, is further proof that the country cannot live without immigrant labor—no matter what the nativists may claim.2011 October 27, “So Much for the Nativists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2025. From the entry nativist
• She put on a screwface—an unfriendly facial contortion that denotes anger and frustration—then broke into the chant of a popular reggae protest song.2011, Alvin Glen Edwards, Once in an Island, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry screwface
• The subject can seat himself and remain seated a few minutes, but then the contortions begin, and unless he gets up he suffers actual torture.1903, American Medical Association, The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 40, section 1, page 544. From the entry akathisia
• There's a scene that consists of nothing more than him making what amounts to Jim Carreyesque facial contortions, that is if Jim Carrey were evil and possessed by Satan.1997, Daniel Fredrick Etter, “Equinox and Evil Dead II”, in alt.cult-movies (Usenet). From the entry Carreyesque
• Joolby lay on the floor beside his special chair, his face doubly terrible in its rigid set, his body writhing this way and that with spasmodic jerks and contortions.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry set
• There is no colour line in love, and though a-quiver with ungovernable fright, for Ursula's sake black Woona went graphically through the final death contortions of the poisoned mangy pup.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry aquiver

Meaning of contortion

1. noun The act or result of contorting; the state of being contorted: the twisting of something, especially oneself.
2. noun A performance art involving the dramatic bending and flexing of the body, showcasing extreme physical flexibility.

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How do you use contortion in a sentence?

Contortion is used as a noun. For example: “The practice of contortion can be divided into three categories: backbending, frontbending and dislocation.”

What is a short sentence with contortion?

“Each emotion is heightened, overemphasized with cubist contortions.”

What does contortion mean?

Contortion means the act or result of contorting; the state of being contorted: the twisting of something, especially oneself.