Examples of squirm in a Sentence
The baby squirmed a lot when I tried to hold him.
She squirmed under her father's angry stare.
The children squirmed with delight.
He tried to hold onto her but she squirmed free.
The frog squirmed out of his hands.
The gory details of the story had me squirming in my seat.
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The quarterly ritual when companies publicly measure themselves up against analyst estimates, squirm through conference calls, and brace for big after-hours stock moves.
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Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
There is another issue, of course, squirming away in the soft flesh of maternity leave.
—Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2026
No sound effect makes people squirm quite like grinding teeth.
—William Earl, Variety, 2 Jan. 2026
Martin is a tough, no-nonsense, Logan Roy kind of patriarch, inclined to making his children squirm.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
There is another issue, of course, squirming away in the soft flesh of maternity leave.
—Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2026
No sound effect makes people squirm quite like grinding teeth.
—William Earl, Variety, 2 Jan. 2026
Martin is a tough, no-nonsense, Logan Roy kind of patriarch, inclined to making his children squirm.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Squirm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squirm. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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