contortion

For Republicans, it is a particularly hypocritical contortion.

"You are very complimentary," said her strange suitor, with a contortion of the lip that was a cross between a grin and a sneer.

Then a sudden hissing contortion whipped over the widening waters.

The same moment he saw that, although not dead drunk, she could by no tropical contortion be said to be sober.

I never imagined that this fearful Asiatic creed could smite or sting an otherwise wholesome soul into such a contortion.

His pallor, the contortion of his features, the fear portrayed upon them, disclosed the anxiety of his mind.