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Meanings of writhing at in English

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Usage of writhing at in English
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His body was sprawled and writhing at the foot of the stairs.
The other wes moore: one name, two fates
2
She nodded down toward the man who lay writhing at their feet.
Jason: A Romance
3
Dougal, no doubt writhing at the expense, had procured another horse for me.
Outlander
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She saw shadows writhing at the other end of the hall.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
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He was writhing at the thought of his own sacrifice.
Invisible Links
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Bill felt It writhing at him, not pulling but pushing-tryingto get him away.
IT
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One great roller came writhing at me, like a fiery serpent, and I bolted.
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
8
Hargraves rushed at the boy, who in an instant afterwards lay writhing at his feet.
Paul Gerrard, the Cabin Boy
9
Long ere this he should have been writhing at her feet in the dust, crushed and abject.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
10
There was something writhing at the man's chest, where nothing ought to be but skin and shirt.
Stinger
11
Mr. Rolfe was surprised at this, since, at their last meeting, she was writhing at her inaction.
A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
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He would draw up, writhing at trifles over which Maddox would merely shrug his shoulders and pass on.
The Divine Fire
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A steward-theone to whom Professor Deeping had spoken-laywrithing at the foot of the stairs leading to the saloon-deck.
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
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And, when Nora is haunted by Krogstad's revelation of her forgery, the tattered blackmailer appears on stage writhing at her feet.
The Guardian
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And I laughed-laughedwhile speaking thus-thoughthe keen pang was writhing at that moment like a burning arrow through my brain.
Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story
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An athlete in logic may lay an error writhing at his feet, and after all it may recover to do great mischief.
Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
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