How to Use twisted in a Sentence
twisted
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Which is clearly the work of Stephen King, just to make this more twisted.
— Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2022 -
But to look at the darkest, most twisted version of that good.
— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022 -
On the first day, his students make a curved and twisted hook, then a leafy key ring fob.
— Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023 -
Cranes were brought in to peel away layers of twisted, burned steel.
— John Bacon, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023 -
The story is so compelling and so fun and so dark and twisted ...
— Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Apr. 2022 -
Over time, the nail forms an oyster-like or twisted horn shape.
— Mark Gurarie, Health, 19 July 2024 -
The result, then, was Darkman; this movie is weird, twisted, campy, and fun in a lot of ways.
— Evan Romano, Men's Health, 25 May 2022 -
From there, the dark and twisted concept quickly evolved.
— Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2022 -
The hosts test Ellen and Mitch’s will to survive and to withstand twisted wordplay traps.
— Nina Sharma, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2023 -
What intrigued me the most are the twisted stories about camels who are known to be spiteful and hold a grudge.
— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023 -
Awards Bill Pullman gets into the twisted mind of a killer.
— Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024 -
Glass panes and twisted metal beams were breaking loose in gusts of wind and crashing to the ground.
— Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022 -
The story comes to us in two twisted strands, a double helix of past and present.
— Ron Charles, Washington Post, 12 June 2024 -
Tight end Cameron Latu has a twisted ankle along with Gibbs.
— Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 19 Nov. 2022 -
Tree trunks and large twisted roots jut out the skeletal school structure.
— Yousra Elbagir, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2023 -
Straight uphill, twisted chest-high grass mixed with briers and field burrs.
— Eric Church, Field & Stream, 5 June 2024 -
By Thursday, the death toll had climbed to 57, as search teams kept pulling bodies from the twisted wreckage.
— Iliana Magra, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023 -
The firehouse was left as a pile of debris and twisted metal.
— New York Times, 16 Dec. 2021 -
Her body lay twisted, half inside the door, more than a month later.
— New York Times, 11 Apr. 2022 -
Smoke rose from the homes that were little more than piles of rubble and twisted metal.
— Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 -
The images also show what was left of the truck that was hit, as well as pieces of twisted metal from the crossing.
— Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023 -
West's curls were slicked into a low bun with a twisted strand framing her face.
— Gabi Thorne, Allure, 28 Aug. 2023 -
Take your final twisted straw over the heat gun and create a gentle arch.
— New York Times, 27 July 2023 -
One person could be seen slumped under twisted metal in the driver’s seat of one of the cars.
— Helen Regan, CNN, 1 July 2024 -
The roots of American snacking are strange and twisted.
— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024 -
When to get help Sometimes, twisted ankles need more than at-home care.
— Stacey Colino, Parents, 20 Sep. 2023 -
Foreman missed most of December with a twisted ankle and the flu.
— Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2023 -
Sexism has deep and twisted roots that have tainted science and medicine for a long time.
— Dawn Sinclair Shapiro, STAT, 19 Apr. 2022 -
The protein flies into action, entering the nucleus and heading to the twisted ladder of DNA in each cell.
— Matt Fuchs, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024 -
For those looking for a science fiction experience like this full of killer robots, twisted psychics and gooey mutants, check out Escape The Dark Sector.
— Rob Wieland, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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