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.
  • But the beauty of the novel is in the cracks that distort the plot.
    — Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The curved displays distort the image and pick up tons of glare.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Kotkin notes how Big Tech and the media can be used to distort the debate.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 25 June 2021
  • 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
  • Curved displays distort the image along the edges and catch a lot more glare than a flat display.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2020
  • From hooded lovers to food with eyes, Magritte made art meant to disrupt and distort.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But that bag still has a way of distorting things for some players.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Sometimes the screen will go black or the audio will be distorted.
    — Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The wealth that’s poured in over the past few decades has distorted people’s notion of what life here used to be like.
    — Peter Kiefer, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Heat waves wind around his 6-foot, 160-pound frame and distort the herd of antelope beyond him.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Russian evil will not break Ukraine and will not distort Christmas.
    — Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • As Fanon wrote: Claiming to have heard the Voice of Algeria was, in a certain sense, distorting the truth.
    — Marissa J. Moorman, Quartz Africa, 7 Dec. 2019
  • The same pastel paint and glass blocks are featured here, distorting the tall palm trees outside.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The political fireworks ramped up recently with allegations by Taylor accusing Cunningham of distorting her fiscal record the past four years.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Tariffs may also distort the reliability benefits from having more dispatchable generation resources across both countries available to quickly adjust production to ensure that supply equals demand at every instant.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025

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