Get to know Contorts better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning.
Contorts meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of contort
Using Contorts
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of contort
- In the example corpus, contorts often appears in combinations such as: contorts in, it contorts.
Context around Contorts
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contorts
- In this selection, "contorts" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, face, rubber, triangle and directions stand out and add context to how "contorts" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and it contorts directions and his face contorts in such. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contorts" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contorts
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It contorts in a way that terrifies me. (8 words)
Sometimes the rubber contorts the face, the neck is never right, the eyes are always cut out. (17 words)
His face contorts in such a way that will leave you laughing and grossed out at the same time. (19 words)
And while there’s a sense of technical perfectionism to the way Norton contorts his body to imitate Lionel’s tics, he doesn’t treat the character as an acting exercise – there’s as much emphasis on his role as the film’s romantic, idealistic hero. (46 words)
As the central love triangle contorts into a bristling circular cycle of indecision, resentment, guilt, and betrayal, demands much from the viewer, asking us to sit silently and watch as these living corpses reach the only inevitable conclusion. (38 words)
Though the most widely used map of "The Tube," it preserves little of reality: it varies scale constantly and abruptly, it straightens curved tracks, and it contorts directions. (28 words)
Example sentences (8)
It contorts in a way that terrifies me.
His face contorts in such a way that will leave you laughing and grossed out at the same time.
Scotland’s Morgan Thompson (1) contorts her body to take a shot over Purnell Swett’s Niyah Locklear (22) during Wednesday’s game in Laurinburg.
Sometimes the rubber contorts the face, the neck is never right, the eyes are always cut out.
As the central love triangle contorts into a bristling circular cycle of indecision, resentment, guilt, and betrayal, demands much from the viewer, asking us to sit silently and watch as these living corpses reach the only inevitable conclusion.
And while there’s a sense of technical perfectionism to the way Norton contorts his body to imitate Lionel’s tics, he doesn’t treat the character as an acting exercise – there’s as much emphasis on his role as the film’s romantic, idealistic hero.
In some of the most intense possession scenes captured on film, Nell's body spasms and contorts in gravity-defying ways as Abalam violently lashes out.
Though the most widely used map of "The Tube," it preserves little of reality: it varies scale constantly and abruptly, it straightens curved tracks, and it contorts directions.
Common combinations with contorts
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- contorts in 3×
- it contorts 2×