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Meanings of wriggling in English
Usage of wriggling in English
1
At least twenty fishes and wriggling eels were smashed in the collision.
2
Jerking it up, I saw a fine pickerel wriggling in the sun.
3
The only sign of life was a slight wriggling of his tail.
4
Almost instantly the entire heavens became alive with wriggling serpents of light.
5
Martin approached Rex carefully, holding out a hand and wriggling his fingers.
6
It was like taking hold of a snake, strong, sinewy, and wriggling.
7
The men were wriggling nervously, and he ordered every second bale forward.
8
That should do it, he thought, wriggling down into his bed again.
9
A woman's skirts could not survive wriggling through small cracks and crevices.
10
She rose from the bed, wriggling into the arms of her dress.
11
Einar watched the boy wriggling away from them, working at his zipper.
12
You save your life by wriggling your foot out of your boot.
13
After that, escape was a matter of wriggling on down the drain.
14
He went off chattering like a woman and wriggling like an epileptic-
15
Gnawed and fingerless, the arm thrashed on the floor, wriggling toward him.
16
Lilith stood, wriggling her fingers to shed the last bit of ash.
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Wriggling through the time
Wriggling across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common