The handle was stiff, but turned when I twisted hard.

He stepped behind it, grabbing its neck and twisting hard.

They grabbed his arms and legs, pinned them, twisted hard.

His jaw twisted hard against the loathing he saw in her eyes.

Then he twisted a dial hard over, as far as it would go.

He jerked her to a standing position and twisted one arm hard behind her back.

Then, twisting hard, he flung her onto an empty cot.

The other hand twisted hard in the man's shirtfront, lifting him onto his toes.