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Meanings of writhed in English

Twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)

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Usage of writhed in English
1
The girl wailed out again in agony and writhed in her bonds.
Okewood of the Secret Service
2
His body shook and twitched; his face was contorted; his soul writhed.
In the Wilderness
3
For a moment, perfectly balanced between their piercing points, he writhed, tormented.
The lord of the rings
4
The waves writhed and tossed on the surface as if in agony.
Chasing the Sun
5
It writhed and groaned, while the wind roared in the laurel walk.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction
6
The rising water writhed, and a gelatinous mass appeared on the surface.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
7
Throughout the towering Shape was awful movement; its units writhed within it.
The Metal Monster
8
He pulled it off and the thing writhed slowly in his hands.
Planet of the Damned
9
Afterward, in his little room, he writhed in the agony of helplessness.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
10
Her body writhed as her hips circled, seeking to bring him closer.
The irish devil
11
He writhed and roared in his anguish of both flesh and spirit.
Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
12
He cursed his generous folly, and writhed in agony at the thought.
Foul Play
13
The deeper the bog, the more my spirit writhed to be free.
The "Goldfish" / Being the Confessions af a Successful Man
14
Again he writhed over, sick with pain and longing; and so lay.
The Necromancers
15
Her slender fingers writhed together in her agony of doubt and irresolution.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
16
The degraded king writhed in helpless indignation, for he was a captive.
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common