Literary notes about Warped (AI summary)
In literature, “warped” is employed to signify distortion that can be either literal or metaphorical. It often describes physical distortion, as in bent wooden structures or materials failing under pressure ([1], [2], [3], [4]), which vividly portrays objects altered by external forces. At the same time, the term also captures the corruption or perversion of abstract qualities, such as judgment, personality, or love ([5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]), suggesting that what was once pure or natural has been disfigured by experience or circumstance. Whether describing physical warpage in the environment or the warped state of a mind or moral compass ([11], [12], [13], [14]), the word consistently conveys a sense of deterioration and deviation from what is normal or intended.
- The zinc plate, however, being in direct contact with the hot surface, warped very much.
— from Photo-engraving, Photo-etching and Photo-lithography in Line and Half-toneAlso Collotype and Heliotype by W. T. Wilkinson - In the middle of the orchard we came upon a grape arbour, with seats built along the sides and a warped plank table.
— from My Ántonia by Willa Cather - But the door was made of green wood which warped and left a little crack which no one noticed.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - But here and there were warped boards and cracked metallic clasps that told the tale well enough.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - First in the dim twilight, and then in the bright dawn, he had seen the touch of cruelty in the warped lips.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - The very fervour of her protection warped her judgments.
— from The Works of John GalsworthyAn Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Galsworthy by John Galsworthy - I'm afraid lest all my instincts should be warped into ugliness.
— from Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen - He grew up without being warped by erroneous ideas or false principles; without being dwarfed by vanity, or tempted by self-interest.
— from A Short Life of Abraham LincolnCondensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History by John G. (John George) Nicolay - I've done what I can for her backshe has spinal trouble; but I can do little for Mercy's twisted and warped mind.
— from Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill; Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret by Alice B. Emerson - The life you have to live has warped you a little, perhaps-but it would have ruined a nature less fine and noble than yours.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery - Unless pressed firmly in shelves, or in piles, for at least two weeks, they may become incurably warped out of shape.
— from A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Ainsworth Rand Spofford - He warped their own judgment and for the time took away their prejudice.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - These tendencies gain strength and permanence with the growth of reason, but hindered by our habits they are more or less warped by our prejudices.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Trousers were all warped and frayed at the bottom and coats worn and faded.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
