TWIST in a Sentence

Learn TWIST from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

179 example sentences for TWIST, such as:

1. Too much force will twist the key.
2. His writing has a legal twist about it.
3. She twisted her hair into a tight knot.
4. The patient's face twisted up with pain.
5. You have to twist the lid off, not pull it.

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 Meanings and Examples of TWIST
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
twist
 v.  turn in the opposite direction; form into a spiral shape
Classic Sentence: (161 in 11 pages)
1  He looked so capable and calm and even the slight twist of his mouth was comforting as though it proved her agony and confusion unwarranted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
2  Though her hair was tumbling about her shoulders, her bosom heaving breathlessly and her skirts mud splattered to the knees, his face did not change with surprise or question or his lips twist with mockery.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
3  And forge me first, twelve rods for its shank; then wind, and twist, and hammer these twelve together like the yarns and strands of a tow-line.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 113. The Forge.
4  Now, Jake,' grandmother was saying, 'if you can find that old rooster that got his comb froze, just give his neck a twist, and we'll take him along.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
5  His writing has a legal twist about it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
6  The little twist of sound could have the whole of her.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
7  At the end of a minute a dull splashing reverberated from the bottom of the well; the helical twist he had imparted to the rope had reached the grapnel below.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
8  Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
9  As I cried, I kicked the wall, and took a hard twist at my hair; so bitter were my feelings, and so sharp was the smart without a name, that needed counteraction.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
10  Still watching me, he laid them one upon the other, folded them long-wise, gave them a twist, set fire to them at the lamp, and dropped the ashes into the tray.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
11  His pretty, boyish face, with a twist of fresh grass bound round his hair, was all working with effort; but whenever anyone looked at him he smiled.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 5
12  Uncle Charles smoked such black twist that at last his nephew suggested to him to enjoy his morning smoke in a little outhouse at the end of the garden.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
13  He stood before the wide opening, glaring, and I yelled at him to come back, while I straightened the sudden twist out of that steamboat.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
14  You can twist the heart in a girl as easy as some could twist her arms to hurt her.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
15  The nettles seemed to twist long arms furnished with claws in search of prey.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  Her hands began to twist the handles of the bag she carried.
2  Too much force will twist the key.
3  You have to twist the lid off, not pull it.
4  Pull the wire tight and then twist the ends round.
5  By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport.
6  Anything that they can twist into a prophecy is a thing that they love to pass on.
7  It was to twist it up into a sort of knot, and then keep tight hold of its right ear and left foot, so as to prevent its undoing itself.
8  Needing to stay close to a source of water, he follows every twist and turn of the streams as they meander through the countryside.
9  But while this gimmick is an interesting starting point, Trier and Scorsese would have to find a way to twist the story that makes it worth telling again.
10  With 'go green' becoming the hottest mantra in all spheres of life, some conscientious Vizagites are giving their Diwali festivities too an eco-friendly twist this year.
11  A young twig is easier twisted than an old tree.
12  The patient's face twisted up with pain.
13  She twisted her hair into a tight knot.
14  I was moving some furniture and I twisted my ankle in the process.
15  He twisted and turned in a desperate attempt to shake off his pursuer.