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Meanings of twitching in English

A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition.

        Symptom.

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              Usage of twitching in English
              1
              Took her three weeks to stop twitching every time somebody mentioned rules.
              The Atrocity Archives
              2
              I remained as still as possible, my hands twitching against my sides.
              Gentlemen prefer succubi
              3
              Symptoms include muscle-twitching, a lack of co-ordination and balance, and personality change.
              The Irish Times
              4
              The general took it and pressed it mechanically, his lips twitching slightly.
              The Translation of a Savage, Volume 1
              5
              I was afraid that my foot was going to start twitching involuntarily.
              Seize the night
              6
              Of the pensive shepherd, twitching his mantle blue: you in an ulster.
              The Longest Journey
              7
              As he walked away from me, his right hand was still twitching.
              The Storyteller
              8
              Many seizures involve loss of consciousness, with the body twitching or shaking.
              Reuters
              9
              The Coltranes came back and carried off the still-twitching Ffinch- Thomas .
              Something from the nightside
              10
              The twitching became an epileptic thrashing that grew more violent every second.
              Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
              11
              Except her twitching, jerking body kept her awake on the cold floor.
              Unity
              12
              Kessler started, his lanky body twitching as if she'd applied a shock.
              Takeover
              13
              Shibo heard the confession read without the twitching of a facial muscle.
              Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
              14
              He picked up the twitching mass and hurled it across the room.
              Sympathy for the devil
              15
              His lips were twitching; his eyes were burning points between half-closed lids.
              Over the Pass
              16
              Lying on the bales and twitching his arms and legs, he whispered:
              The Bishop and Other Stories
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              Twitching through the time
              Twitching across language varieties
              United States of America
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              United Kingdom
              Common