How to Use distortion in a Sentence

distortion

noun
  • It wasn't built for the delay effects that would come, the fuzz tones, the distortion ...
    — New Atlas, 10 July 2024
  • There is a distortion in the shape of clothes, classic generic clothes are the most.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2021
  • As with other maps, the tops and sides suffer from the most distortion.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The op-ed by Ian Silverii was a total distortion of the facts.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2020
  • In the case of rent controls, the distortions go even further.
    — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Wouldn’t that in fact be a market distortion, what some would call a bailout?
    — David Blackmon, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Dip a small brush in acetone and swirl them around for more distortion.
    — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The drawing, which covered two- thirds of a page of the New York Journal, was a gross distortion.
    — John Maxwell Hamilton, National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2019
  • But don’t let the absence of passion or the plethora of distortion get the better of you.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2021
  • This is a major distortion of the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
    — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
  • Even though the light was decent and the big lake was mostly calm, there was heat distortion over the water.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2021
  • Gravity is not a force, but rather a distortion of time and space.
    — Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2019
  • The answer is to eliminate that distortion, not to add a new one for renters.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 June 2019
  • That is a distortion of the Catholic faith and the meaning of Newman’s famous concept.
    — Daniel J. Mahoney, National Review, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Then, there’s weak lensing, which is a minor distortion in the light.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 June 2022
  • The image has a fair amount of distortion and flaring around the edges, but that won’t keep you from pulling fine detail from the middle of the field.
    — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023
  • There didn’t seem to be any distortion near the small portion of the screen with the most physical bend, either.
    — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 10 Jan. 2019
  • But this state polling distortion from 2016 is still what worries me most.
    — Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 28 May 2020
  • But Bolton’s team did not find this level of distortion.
    — Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The matte screen best fights off the glare, reflections, and distortion.
    — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But that’s a distortion of a single yes-or-no question.
    — David C. Reardon, National Review, 12 Apr. 2021
  • But Chess didn’t like the volume or distortion of Guy’s guitar.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Coaches, allowed to thrive in a reality distortion field, have to catch up to the rest of the world.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 20 May 2022
  • Though, it should be noted the deep bass can cause some distortion at max volume.
    — Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
  • As a result, Carbon has the lowest distortion levels of the four IEMs.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The music was a sludgy mix of punk, heavy metal, and Hendrix distortion.
    — Katie Attardo, Marie Claire, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The hope is that a special contact lens may cause the pits to fill in with tears (or moisture), correcting some of the distortion.
    — Jerry Adler, Good Housekeeping, 14 July 2022
  • But the notion that the Supreme Court is a partisan body is also a distortion.
    — Michael McGough, Star Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • In Antioquia, many of those connected by the paisa mutation live with a similar sense of distortion.
    — Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 13 May 2025
  • Or in the case of audio models, technology that helps producers clean up unwanted distortion might be fair use, where models that generate songs in the style of popular artists might not, the office opined.
    — ArsTechnica, 12 May 2025

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