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Writhe

L7
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verb

Make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body

  • The snake began to writhe after being hit by a stick.
  • The patient began to writhe in pain during the surgery.
  • The dancer began to writhe to the beat of the music.
  • The fish began to writhe on the hook.
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Writhe Meaning

Word Usage

  • writhe in pain
  • writhe with discomfort
  • writhe in agony
  • writhe in anguish
  • writhe in frustration

More Examples

  • Her words made him writhe with shame.
  • Though the thought made her writhe, there was nothing she could do about it.
  • The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails!
  • She writhed as if to tear her lips from the savage, furious mouth.
  • A young girl was writhing on the floor, her groans stifled by her mother's hand.
  • Thrusting his fingers here and there he presently drew forth three writhing reptiles.
  • For the first time he observed the snake impaled on the sahuaro, writhing but feebly.
  • And she loathed him, the hideous writhing thing that was nearly too much for her.
  • But through it all, he writhed to recollect, she was as solemn as a mourner.
  • Occasionally a writhing brown body could be seen, crawling from point to point.
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