How to Use distort in a Sentence

distort

verb

• The sound of the guitar was distorted.
• Heat caused the plastic to distort.
• The story was distorted by the press.
• She felt he was distorting the facts.
• Her face was distorted by pain.
• The loss of both her parents at an early age distorted her outlook on life.
• The odd camera angle distorted her figure in the photograph.
• But the beauty of the novel is in the cracks that distort the plot.
  — Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2021
• Kotkin notes how Big Tech and the media can be used to distort the debate.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 25 June 2021
• All governments lie and distort to advance their agendas.
  — Jason Stanley, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2021
• Sitting anywhere away from the protection of the huge glass windshield will bring tears to your eyes, distort your face, and send sunglasses hurtling into the deep.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 25 June 2021
• The Earth has plate tectonics, which gradually shift and distort the surface, as well as winds and oceans that erode the evidence of past events.
  — Jason Thomson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2021
• This practice, which has no scientific backing, is banned in many states where courts or lawmakers determined the method can distort memories.
  — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 24 June 2021
• The technology offers a nice, modern crutch,but the camera can distort distance and depth and never offers a full-view picture of what is happening around the car.
  — Fortune, 18 Sep. 2021
• The technology offers a nice, modern crutch, but the camera can distort distance and depth and never offers a full-view picture of what is happening around the car.
  — Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 17 Sep. 2021
• This could mean seasonal adjustments might distort Friday's data, Pollak said.
  — Anneken Tappe, CNN, 6 Aug. 2021
• Doll believes the inaccuracy is due to the presence of fibroids, which can distort the images, and potentially other factors, like the structure of the cancer.
  — Lauryn Higgins, Health, 12 Oct. 2024
• For images, this is often a diffusion model, where the system learns to take an image that has been distorted and blurred with statistical noise and then remove that noise to restore the original crisp image.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
• His claim distorts data that was released last month by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Congress.
  — Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Oct. 2024
• Meanwhile, former President Trump continued to distort the facts by falsely claiming that the crowds in Washington that day were peaceful.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 18 Sep. 2021
• Don’t rub the cologne into your skin, as this can distort the fragrance.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022
• The ugly scoreboard can’t distort the process, which had its strong points.
  — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2022
• The closeness of the photo is distorting; the subject is both her and not her at all.
  — Christina Cacouris, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
• The crystal is slightly domed, but not so much as to distort the dial.
  — Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• What was up with Princess Charlotte’s hand, which seemed distorted by the cuff of her sleeve?
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
• From hooded lovers to food with eyes, Magritte made art meant to disrupt and distort.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
• Sometimes the screen will go black or the audio will be distorted.
  — Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• Kaser hits a button, and a doomy, distorted beat floods the room.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2024
• This virus spread by a tiny mite distorts the flowers and causes weird bunches of bright red stems to grow.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 May 2024
• Through his art, Meris reclaims his own body from a figure that has been distorted by the white gaze.
  — Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024