...I shot him through the head as he lay, andthe muscular contortions after death throughout his long body gave me avery vivid idea of the tremendous squeezing power possessed by thesereptiles... 
J. H. Patterson 「The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures」
...The effect was magical, for he fell back as if shot, and such contortions as his features underwent are indescribable...
Henry M. Stanley 「How I Found Livingstone」
...Each of the fins is thussuccessively removed, with portions of the fat and flesh, theturtle showing, by its contortions, that each act of severance isproductive of agony...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Then theskin splits apart and is wriggled off by the contortions ofthe body...
Clarence M. Weed 「Butterflies Worth Knowing」
...It was little she cared for the thrusts of his hind-claws in the lastmuscular contortions which sent his legs tearing at her neck...
A. J. Dawson 「Finn The Wolfhound」
...Then she again placed it inhis beak, and seemed to say, "There, try it now,"and sympathized so thoroughly with his effortsthat she repeated many of his motions and contortions...
John Burroughs 「Bird Stories from Burroughs」
...Perhaps I should have done better to strengthen the muscles of my thighs by jumping and leaping, to increase the suppleness of my loins with gymnastic contortions...
J. Henri Fabre Alexander Teixeira de Mattos 「The Life of the Fly」
...Followed the regulation spinal contortions, the empty obeisances which my dear Duruy had come to my laboratory to forget...
J. Henri Fabre Alexander Teixeira de Mattos 「The Life of the Fly」
...'writhing in the elegant contortions of modern science, but 'J...
R. S. Surtees 「Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour」
...Rodin's no more resemblesthe contortions of the Dresden Museum giants than it does the composureof M...
W. C. Brownell 「French Art」
...But soon he started tosquirm, and his violent contortions brought a rush of blood to hishead, making him quite dizzy...
Various 「Astounding Stories, February, 1931」
...Thetortured stone was torn and ripped into twisted contortions whose verywrithing told of the hell this had been...
Charles Willard Diffin 「The Finding of Haldgren」
...He screwed his face into tremendous contortions, wiggled his feet asmuch as he could, worked his jaws, trying desperately to convey hismeaning...
Nat Schachner 「Slaves of Mercury」
..., andmake strange contortions at the same time...
James Cook 「Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World」
...Poise your meer-ros long and true:Let the kileys whiz and whirlIn strange contortions through the air;Heavy dow-uks at them hurl;Shout the yell they dread to hear...
George Grey 「Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2)」
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