bent double
Frequency: 6.78.9 per million words
To be bent over at the waist, often from pain or laughter.
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- The joke was so hilarious it left everyone bent double with laughter.
- A sudden stomach cramp left him bent double in agony.
- The old gardener was bent double, tending to his prized roses.
- He was bent double over the toilet, sick from the food poisoning.
- We were all bent double trying to get through the tiny tunnel.
- The force of the wind had her bent double as she struggled forward.
- I laughed so hard I was bent double and couldn't breathe.
- After the marathon, the runner was bent double with exhaustion.
- A violent fit of coughing had the patient bent double in his bed.
- The weight of the backpack had the young hiker bent double on the steep trail.