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vb. (en-pasttwist the knife)
Usage examples of "twisted the knife".
He twisted the knife blade deeper, and the scraping echoed across the sandy stream bottom.
I twisted the knife until the blade pointed upwards, then found myself hesitating.
I twisted the knife in my hand until the blade was pointing up, not down, but he didn't come my way.
Shef twisted the knife savagely once and leaped back, as Sigurth fell face down.
He twisted the knife hard around and yanked it free as he passed, and then he was beyond it, using his shield to slam a Quman rider to his left, trying to get by.
Cloutier twisted the knife he'd driven into Morgan's heart a couple of times, and then pushed the body off of it.
Yet such was his fate, and a true man never whined when the Gods of Stone and Water twisted the knife!