verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb's face is twisted/contorted with rage
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Mike's usually calm face was contorted with rage.
sb’s face is contorted with anger/rage (= someone’s face is twisted out of its normal shape because they are angry )
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Eve’s face was contorted with anger as she picked up the broken vase.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Despite having a solid base, the rod is still contorted wildly beyond belief.
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He wondered if contorting his neck increased blood flow to his brain somehow.
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His face contorted in loose ripples of effort as he stood up energetically to take his leave.
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I turn immediately to see her coming toward me, her face contorted in rage.
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The faces are horribly contorted as if suffocating or in great pain, and their eyes seem to follow anyone who passes.
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The trunks often contort into spindly curves and twists.
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We continued to contort our limbs into improbable postures when Vincente was directly overseeing us.
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Worst of all, his long face was more contorted than ever in the fury of self-pity.