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con·tor·tion [kənˈtɔ:ʃən, Am -ˈtɔ:r-] SUBST

1. contortion of an acrobat:

contortion
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contortion
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2. contortion no pl (deforming):

contortion of a structure
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Almost all of these sandstone beds show the contortions shown by the older formation.
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To conjure a spirit it may consist of a wild dance around the fire during which violent contortions of the body take place.
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The evidence which suggests this is that he was able to perform extreme bodily contortions as part of his act throughout his career.
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It was said that due to the contortion he made when he served he looked like a monkey mounting a pole.
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A former dancer she turned to contortion and appeared in a local television talent show.
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An irregular contortion of a turbinated shell, which common eyes pass unregarded, will ten times treble its price in the imagination of philosophers.
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He is also the main photographer of the comic strip, and is a facial contortion expert, as seen in many, if not most, episodes.
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This helps to add fluency, grace and elegance to his contortion performances.
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They are elegant, graceful designs, easily resembling elongated black swan wings in repose; layered geological contortions, or the energetic movements of an impassioned orchestral conductor.
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Tombs of this period generally had an entrance that was less than a meter high, which would thus require some contortion to peer in.
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