Contortions [noun]

Then the trio made the wood ring with shouts of merriment, and threw themselves into inimitable contortions.

With strange contortions of the body and writhings of the face his form came upright, the arm still reaching.

Their gestures and violent contortions of countenance resembled the frantic ravings of Bedlamites.

The moth cleared the opening, and with many wabblings and contortions climbed up the tree.

Swartzman recited Poe's Black Cat, with gestures and facial contortions that were terrifying.

The voice of the wretch was screeching and horrid, and his contortions as he spoke were frightful to behold.

The “faces” that Johnson habitually made (probably nervous contortions due to his disorder) may well have alarmed parents.

Brand sank, and again the giant man-eater writhed in agonized contortions and the sea showed masses of froth and dark blotches.

He suffered a sharp twinge of sciatica and his face lent itself to astonishing contortions.

When at last his contortions were helpless his spirit seemed to give suddenly and he burst into tears.