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Examples of wiggle in a Sentence
The puppy wiggled with excitement.
the baby wiggled in her sleep
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The stylist drenches the tape bonds in a solute that loosens the adhesive, then gently wiggles the extensions off.
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Again, Wray tried to wiggle his way out of answering.
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The old Volkswagen Kombi is covered in colors and symbols that span ages, continents and astral planes: a sphinx, an eagle, stars and moons, writhing flames and wiggling waves, the Aquarius zodiac sign and the 10 incarnations of Vishnu.
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Absorbed in a fragile trance, Allen studies a knot of tadpoles wiggling in a marshy puddle.
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So, perhaps these videos can serve as a safer source of satisfaction than wiggling a Q tip around in your ear canal.
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For stubborn air pockets, use a chopstick to wiggle them free.
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Scheppers, called up from Triple A Round Rock before the game, wiggled out of a jam in the sixth to preserve the lead, and recorded two more outs in the seventh.
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Fehmel (6-2) wiggled out of a mini jam in the fifth before Zach Watson’s homer in the seventh allowed LSU to avoid getting shut out for the first time in its 62 CWS games.
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Origin and Etymology of wiggle
Middle English wiglen, from or akin to Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wiggelen to totter; akin to Old English wegan to move — more at way
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Beijing's more modest growth target of around 6.5% for 2017 theoretically offers more wiggle room for reforms after the economy grew 6.7% in 2016 - the weakest pace in 26 years.
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There wasn’t even any wiggle room to imagine the specific story moving forward without me in some fan-fictional future.
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First Known Use of wiggle
1816
WIGGLE Defined for English Language Learners
wiggle
playDefinition of wiggle for English Language Learners
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: to move up and down or from side to side with short quick motions
WIGGLE Defined for Kids
Definition of wiggle for Students
wiggled
;wiggling
1 : to move up and down or from side to side with quick short motions She wiggled her toes.
2 : to proceed with twisting and turning movements It was an awful tangled mess, but … there was room for him to wiggle through … — Gary Paulsen, Hatchet
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