Contortion refers to the act or result of bending, twisting, or flexing one's body in unusual or extreme ways, often for performance or entertainment purposes. Full definition
From this point of view there developed the further attitude that this «call» to «supernatural life» was actually «unnatural,» i.e. some kind of contortion of human life which should be rejected. (faith.org.uk)
Theologians have had to go through a dizzying series of contortions in an often futile effort to implant a vital theology of incarnation into imaginations shaped in the context of Western classical philosophies of God. (religion-online.org)
Marla Maples Trump makes an inauspicious debut in a virtually silent role as one of Berry's stewardess cohorts; her woefully inept facial contortions of fear are hilarious. (themoviereport.com)