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.
• 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
• Through Candy’s case, Love & Death considers how the media and the law distort the truth.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2023
• Venus and Neptune’s clash distorts boundaries with loved ones.
  — USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• In English and French, about half of the posts deny or distort history.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
• The hawk tried again and again, its wings flapping in her face with each try, distorting her view of what was happening right in front of her.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
• The bass doesn't distort at top volumes, and the lows still have plenty of body at moderate levels.
  — PCMAG, 20 July 2024
• And that shows just how much Trump has helped distort and upend the Republican Party's sense of right and wrong.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 22 Apr. 2022
• The advice was to avoid offering comments that might distort the case.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2022
• This effect distorts the data enough to risk drawing the wrong conclusions, in her view.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 29 July 2024
• Tucker Carlson, the Fox News host who has gone out of his way to downplay and distort the terrible events of that day, was less than pleased.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022
• However, the fan proved to be distracting, and some mild wind distorted the screen in our tests.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• Video shows 'Flying Island' park ride The dark, saucer-like shape in the video has been distorted and misidentified.
  — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
• The data must be built on a solid foundation, free from errors and biases that could distort results.
  — Ashok Reddy, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• The data that the central bank uses to make all sorts of decisions about the economy will be distorted as people recover.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024