The phrase "a gross distortion of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant misrepresentation or alteration of facts, ideas, or reality.
Example: "The article presented a gross distortion of the events that took place during the meeting, leading to widespread misunderstanding."
Alternatives: "a severe misrepresentation of" or "a significant alteration of".
That is a gross distortion of reality.
"This is a gross distortion of the facts.
Jennifer Farina, a spokeswoman for the governor, called the commercials a gross distortion of his record.
"Al Qaeda's cause is not Islam — it is a gross distortion of Islam," he rightly said.
"It turns out this has been a gross distortion of reality".
But three panelists, speaking in McGraw Hall April 20, held that such easy categorization is a gross distortion of reality.
WHILE I am of course not in a position to check all the allegations made by the German press of minority persecutions here, I am satisfied from enquiries I have made that the campaign is a gross distortion and exaggeration of the facts.
The education secretary has been accused of a "gross distortion" after he criticised the performance of primary schools in North Yorkshire.
If, however, you do support food-stamp welfare programs in principle, you still must admit that purchasing whoopie pies is a pretty gross distortion of the intended objectives set out by the government when they created the EBT program and of the initial mission of the famers' market in allowing EBT cards to be used.
The solid lines in Figure 4 show the effect of increasing amounts of fractionation on the apparent amount of rearrangement, a gross distortion.
In a statement, the force said: "South Yorkshire Police is recognised as leading the way on what is now being recognised nationally as a problem and to suggest that the force and its partners are deliberately withholding information on the issue is a gross distortion and unfair on the teams of dedicated specialists working to tackle the problem".
