A chart, therefore, which covers a large part of the heavens, is bound to give a distorted idea of distances or directions in some part of the sky and must be used with caution.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper
They afforded protection to the eyes, but in spite of every precaution, our distorted, frozen, burned and withered faces lined a map in relief, of the hardships endured en route.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Usually they reached me in an exaggerated or a distorted form.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook