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Meanings of
writhing
in English
Moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion.
twisting
wriggling
squirming
wiggling
wiggly
wriggly
Related terms
moving
Usage of
writhing
in English
1
It is not quite clear what function all this overwrought
writhing
serves.
2
Yet he could still make out something thrashing within: rearing, reaching,
writhing
.
3
The man was choking and
writhing
upon the floor in his pain.
4
The
writhing
mass caromed from the wall and revolved toward the musicians.
5
He closed his cape over Mathilde's
writhing
form, hiding her from view.
6
He took the milk and was
writhing
in pain within two hours.
7
Concepçion glanced at his late companion
writhing
in the sharpness of death.
8
When it arrived, Victurnien was
writhing
in the lowest depths of despair.
9
With a
writhing
motion she settled herself more securely in the hammock.
10
A huge mass of similar vines was
writhing
and twisting directly overhead.
11
Such were the exclamations that came from the
writhing
and convulsed girls.
12
The
writhing
fingers of the pale mist did not go thence bloodless.
13
You have been
writhing
in torment in the bush for five days.
14
He could almost hear the
writhing
,
of something, accelerate under the earth.
15
But something's moving down there,
writhing
against the current with unnatural speed.
16
The emperor was in agony,
writhing
,
and a prey to violent convulsions.
Other examples for "writhing"
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About this term
writhing
writhe
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
writhe in
writhe in agony
writhe in pain
writhe body
writhe mass
More collocations
Writhing
through the time
Writhing
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common