The story was structurally very close to the original, although set in a slightly distorted version of the present day.

The buyer may therefore receive a watered-down or distorted version of the story.

Watching her operate was like seeing a distorted version of myself, only larger than life and much more dangerous.

And sometimes he'll dream about wildly distorted versions of what he's seen.

Meanwhile 'back' cultures are often a distorted version of dominant forms.

But the news media, in highly distorted versions, had clamored the story all day.

Both boys now gave her a distorted version of a smile, but hers was real.

Then a version of the former society will revive, though probably a distorted version.

Not to mention that she'd surely give a distorted version of what happened.

That was a distorted version of reality, an invitation to insanity.