Haplo reached out, caught hold of the Sartan's wrist, and gave it a painful twist.

He then wrenched her arm in a quick and painful twist to further make his point.

Her heart gave a painful twist, for she knew very well it wouldn't be the house that her husband would fight to protect.

Her stomach did a slow and painful twist.

Xar gave the old man's arm a painful twist.

I managed a painful twist back, over my shoulder, swinging the Thing around, out of the line of vision.

They've done all right, he and Yuki, despite some painful twists in their journey.

He had, she thought with a painful twist of her heart, done the king's bidding for one reason and one reason alone.

A painful twist gained her one last glance back into the olivium mine.

Her belly gave a painful twist when she saw that the distorted face was Bundi's.