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contorting

vb. (present participle of contort English)

Usage examples of "contorting".

Bronwyn had to dodge and twist, contorting herself until she felt like a rag to keep the shield in front of her.

Sartol had not moved, but Niall could see the muscles of his jaw contorting with rage, and a single, pulsing vein standing out boldly from his neck.

Only a sharp, wickedly contorting motion downward and to the side enabled him to avoid the hot beam of scarlet fire that surged just past his head and slammed viciously into a small tree, splintering its trunk.

The villain smirked at me in the bright light of the oil lamps, contorting his pallid face.