Among my occasional causes of failure with these cases have been, first, the previous death and decomposition of the fetus, leading to such overdistention of the womb that it could not be made to rotate within the abdomen, and, second, the occurrence of inflammation and an exudate on the twisted neck of the womb, which hindered it from untwisting.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
At times he would rise from table on some stammered excuse, rush off to the fields and there, in a hidden corner, fall on his knees and pray, or even lie at full length, his face hidden in the grasses, his body writhing, his ungainly legs twisting and untwisting.
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Even Melissa raised her eyes,-Melissa, who sat on the lowest step of the projecting staircase, twisting and untwisting the faded blue silk handkerchief in her lap with a gentle, listless monotony.
"Stories of the Foot-hills"
Margaret Collier Graham