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How to use twist in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Twist means a twisting force. Example: “I'm all agog at the new twist to the royal scandal.”

Examples of twist by meaning

nounA sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.

  • She decided on a martini with a twist, and while the bartender was preparing her drink, she scanned the faces looking at the bar.2005, Theodore J. Albasini, The Progeny

nounA sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.

  • It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

nounAn unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.

  • I'm all agog at the new twist to the royal scandal.
  • The twist in the buddy-car-chase formula is that here the good guys tend to blur into the bad.1987 October 23, Caryn James, “Movie Review: No Man's Land (1987)”, in New York Times

nounA modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side...

  • She taught him to do the twist, having learned it herself from an Alvin Ailey dancer at Jacob's Pillow.1997 April 22, Jennifer Dunning, “Surviving It All, Dismissals, Tours and Balanchine”, in New York Times

nounA girl, a woman.

  • (Dane, speaking about a woman character) "I'll see where the twist flops"1990, Miller's Crossing, 01:08:20

nounA small roll of tobacco.

  • Uncle Charles smoked such black twist that at last his nephew suggested to him to enjoy his morning smoke in a little outhouse at the end of the garden.1916, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC

nounA strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.

  • a twist toward fanaticism

verbTo join together by twining one part around another.

  • "Well, one day I went up in a balloon and the ropes got twisted, so that I couldn't come down again.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 15, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC

More sentences with twist

  • The author decided to retell the classic fairy tale with a modern twist.From the entry retell
  • He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.From the entry trowel
  • They had to twist his arm, but they got him to join the project.From the entry twist someone's arm
  • This twist drill has a reduced shank so that it can be used even in a small chuck.From the entry shank
  • Everyone’s agog at the new twist to the royal scandal.From the entry agog
  • He had been a big top performer in his youth, but in a twist of fate he had run away to become an investment banker.From the entry big top
  • Chicago Culinary Kitchen in Palatine is celebrating with a frozen twist called the Piñarita Brainfreeze.2025 February 18, Rick West, “Dining out: National Margarita Day and suburban restaurant weeks”, in Daily Herald, archived from the…. From the entry piñarita
  • Are you childsick?” She grabbed Asu’s wrist; Asu made no effort to twist away.2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August…. From the entry em
  • But the most bizarre twist of events was yet to come.2023 September 1, Aubrey Allegretti, “‘She’s totally lost it’: Inside story of the unravelling of Liz Truss’s premiership”, in Katharine…. From the entry craftily
  • Jessia’s rise to fame is a classic Cinderella story—with a modern, TikTokky twist.2022 September 1, Lora Grady, “Canadian pop newcomer Jessia is rising to new heights”, in Maclean's. From the entry TikTokky
  • Many here call Russian soldiers "orcs" or "Rushists," the latter a twist on "fascists."2022 June 2, “Ukraine agonizes over Russian culture and language in its social fabric”, in NPR. From the entry rushist
  • Eliot provides us with one last twist on this fructal theme.2021, Adam Roberts, Middlemarch: Epigraphs and Mirrors, Open Book Publishers, →ISBN. From the entry fructal
  • Start with the Monkey Bread: warm brioche twists with a bourbon walnut caramel glaze.2020 January 11, Mackenzie Martin, “Food Critics: The Best Brunches In Kansas City In 2020”, in KCUR, archived from the original on 03 Nov…. From the entry crabocado
  • Although most of Clowncore is genial, some express it with a darker twist.2020, Piper Dafforn, “At the Core”, in Season, volume 3, number 1 (Don’t Put Me on Hold!), pages 4 and 7. From the entry clowncore
  • What was the twist—that it was soul food made by white people?2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 184. From the entry chitlins
  • Braid it together, tie it to the window bars, and twist.2017, Rachel Caine [pseudonym; Roxanne Longstreet Conrad], Ash and Quill, New York, N.Y.: Berkley, →ISBN, page 34. From the entry unseat
  • Maybe some of the daring new twists to old favourites that you served at Athina.2017, Kandy Shepherd, Conveniently Wed to the Greek, London: Mills & Boon, →ISBN, page 97. From the entry Athina
  • All of this has set the stage for ownage’s latest twist: the rise of the self-own.2017 April 2, Amanda Hess, “Identity Theft [online title: None of Us Are Safe From Getting ‘Owned’]”, in New York Times Magazine, page 11. From the entry self-own
  • Workleisure, office-appropriate outfits with a sportif twist, is easier to pull off.2017 February 22, Annie Gabillet, “Athleisure Evolution of the Year: Workleisure”, in PopSugar, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024. From the entry workleisure
  • This vielbein takes the role of the twist in conventional generalized Scherk-Schwarz compactifications.2015, Pascal du Bosque, Falk Hassler, Dieter Lust, “Flux Formulation of DFT on Group Manifolds and Generalized Scherk-Schwarz…. From the entry vielbein
  • His eyes are cold, and the chill between us twists in the pit of my stomach.2014, Tammara Webber, Between the Lines, →ISBN. From the entry chill
  • It was daring of Lena Dunham, the show’s writer and creator, to introduce this particular plot twist.2014 March 27, Robin Marantz Henig, “Fictional Plotlines and Real Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic. From the entry plot twist
  • Instead, Robert Bennett offers the doissant, a French twist on the combo.2014 August 28, Maureen Fitzgerald, “Doughnut+croissant”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 186th year, number 89, page F5. From the entry doissant
  • Or, try this salsamole recipe for a twist on a traditional favorite.2014 September 18, Kristin Kirkpatrick, “6 Fabulous Ways to Eat an Avocado: Turn that fruit into a frozen treat, soup or salsamole.”, in…. From the entry salsamole
  • The interesting twist comes in the fact that there are certain primes that are double Mersenne primes.2013, Louis Komzsik, Magnificent Seven: The Happy Number, Trafford Publishing, page 71. From the entry Mersenne prime
  • “My whole concept is traditional with a modern, clean twist,” she says.2013 August 7, Andrea Darr, “at home with Ali Bronska”, in Ink, volume 6, number 20, page 18. From the entry gender-specifically
  • When Hector completed his quick-handed twists, he gave the cube to Jon.2011, Tamara Duricka Johnson, 31 Dates in 31 Days, →ISBN. From the entry quick-handed
  • The implication is a structural ghost that twists and shapes the subsequent narrative.2011, Graham Joyce, “Narrative and Regeneration: The Little Monsters Of Templeton by Lauren Groff”, in Danel Olson, editor, 21st-century…. From the entry pseudoincest
  • Jack discarded a length of wood, two twists of wire, his two-up kip and a spanner.2010, Colin McLaren, Sunflower: A Tale of Love, War and Intrigue, page 101. From the entry kip
  • Twist both the 1" bubbles in the multitwist into bear ears.2010, Jeremy Telford, Balloonology, →ISBN, page 122. From the entry multitwist
  • The streets all go steeply down hill from the main thoroughlanes, they twist and turn.2009, George B. Bookman, Headlines, Deadlines and Lifelines, page 344. From the entry thoroughlane

Meaning of twist

  1. noun A twisting force.
  2. noun Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
  3. noun The form given in twisting.

Full definition of twist

Questions about twist in a sentence

How do you use twist in a sentence?
Twist is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I'm all agog at the new twist to the royal scandal.”
What is a short sentence with twist?
“a twist toward fanaticism”
What does twist mean?
Twist means a twisting force.

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