Examples of squiggle in a Sentence
Verb
a pediatrician's waiting room full of squiggling toddlers
there are some illegible notes squiggled in the margins of the old book
Noun
His handwriting looks like a bunch of squiggles.
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Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Breaking water in the morning and shoulders squiggling free in the dark of evening.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025
Moving amongst different screens-computer, phone, and i-pad–became a sophisticated and engaging way of making new squiggles together in this brave new world of tech.
—Michael Alcée, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The six dancers in bright blues and greens (a seventh, originally Brown, appears at the beginning and the end) ripple and squiggle through space, intersecting and occasionally aligning, ricocheting and weaving.
—Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Breaking water in the morning and shoulders squiggling free in the dark of evening.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
Some leaf-mining insects make distinct patterns, like squiggles or serpentine shapes, while others make irregular blotches, like this species.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025
Moving amongst different screens-computer, phone, and i-pad–became a sophisticated and engaging way of making new squiggles together in this brave new world of tech.
—Michael Alcée, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Squiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squiggle. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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