The word "twist" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a verb, to mean "to turn or twist something in a particular direction," or as a noun, which means "a sudden and unexpected turn or change of events." Example sentence: We were surprised when the story took an unexpected twist.
The twist in the story shocks, but what's really daring is that the village where Mambety sets the tale, where he pins his nation to the wall, is … his hometown.
Even in a simple court dance, he's emphatic about the precise musical beat on which the foot has to be placed flat on the ground, the accent of a plié, the height at which a pointed toe should be lifted, the twist or curve of a torso.
And if you don't want to order dinner at Lloyd's, you can linger beyond sunset and shell out for dinner at the main restaurant, which has a modern twist on Caribbean fare.
A full half-century after its release, Lulu opened a celebratory evening with an exuberant version of her signature single Shout, while – in a twist that was nothing if not original – the thousands of athletes emerged from hundreds of tents on the Hampden Park pitch.
Hot-cross buns are abundant at Easter time, and this year I've put a twist on this seasonal bake.
So there are plenty of options for adding a fruit twist to your meat and two veg.
I consider the coming of Sputnik to our region to be a twist in the overall propaganda strategy And for some, that front line appears to fall across Russia's neighbours – the countries of the former Soviet Union – where many have watched events in Ukraine with growing concern.
The stage was set for one last plot twist.
The Mill doesn't expect you to believe everything you read in the papers, or indeed in the Mill, so we ask you to willingly suspend your disbelief for this plot twist: Tom Cleverley is a man in demand, as Aston Villa AND Everton want him when he becomes a free agent this summer.
Her story of beatings and threats, reconciliations and divorce — painfully common among Native American women — had a twist.
