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Meanings of wriggly in anglès

Moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion.

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Usage of wriggly in anglès
1
A small, strange, wriggly blob of jelly emerged, pronged on his fork.
The marks of cain
2
Down on the conveyor, something wriggly is working its way towards the platform.
The Jennifer Morgue
3
Nicola Toki, DOC's threatened species ambassador celebrates this wriggly little fish.
Radio NZ
4
The robot rose ecstatically into the air, pursuing a kind of wriggly path.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
5
Lovely wet shining wriggly fellows; all the varieties of the fishmonger's slab and more.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01
6
There was this wriggly feeling inside me of things unfinished.
The whole world: a novel
7
There were three sunfish, two perch, and the wriggly eel.
Seven O'Clock Stories
8
Janet was no more bothered by wriggly things than Gwendolen.
Charmed Life
9
His gaze never shifted, his eyes never wavered-butI came away feeling all wriggly.
Europe Revised
10
What sort of horrible, wriggly thing are you saying, Phedro?
Clair de Lune / A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes
11
Does Mr. Lloyd-Jones' lucre seem more alluring than my little wriggly beasts, Miss Reynier?
The Stolen Singer
12
When the hook came out of the water a long wriggly thing was on it.
Seven O'Clock Stories
13
Something precious and wriggly; something that looked like her.
The whole world: a novel
14
Shiny things get me all warm and wriggly.
Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
15
The tadpoles duly emerged and were eye-catchingly wriggly.
The Irish Times
16
Like flying saucers and wriggly tops, I suppose?
Badge of Infamy
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