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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Pairing neon squiggles with a bare base creates a striking negative-space design that's made to catch eyes.—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 29 May 2026 The salamanders are still squiggling commas inside them.—Nathan Rott, NPR, 27 May 2026
Noun
Ansley Bowman, 22, spent her flight from Cairo to Athens drawing an amphora with the pegasus Blackjack in the center, also adorned with the squiggle used under every chapter in the book.—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 May 2026 This look features florals and squiggles—designs that are soft on their own, but get a bit of edge thanks to the silver metallic finish.—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for squiggle