wriggle
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Synonyms: Verb
fiddle, fidget, jerk, jig, jiggle, squiggle, squirm, thrash, thresh, toss, twist, twitch, wiggle, writhe
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The children wriggled and squirmed in their chairs. She managed to wriggle free of her ropes. They wriggled out of their wet clothes. I had trouble getting the wriggling fish off my hook. The snake wriggled across the path and went underneath a bush. He was able to wriggle through the narrow opening.
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Adam Morgan got the first out on a grounder that moved McMahon to third before Seranthony Dominguez came on and wriggled out of the inning. — Aaron Bracy, The Seattle Times, "Harper’s bat, Nola’s arm lead Phillies past Rockies 2-1," 18 May 2019 What if Hollywood never stops asking its female leads to wriggle into unforgiving latex suits? — Vanessa Chow, Glamour, "Amber Heard Is Nobody’s Victim," 27 Nov. 2018 But his plans were torn apart within minutes at the Luzhniki Stadium as Ronaldo wriggled free of the imposing Da Costa to bury an unstoppable header past a helpless Monir El Kajoui. — Martyn Wood, chicagotribune.com, "Ronaldo again leads Portugal to victory against Morocco," 20 June 2018 The teepees tend to fall off easily as the baby's little legs wriggle around. — Naomi Williamson, Woman's Day, "10 Things Never to Buy a New Mom," 23 July 2014 Who in their right mind would wriggle into stiff selvage denim and zero-stretch vintage 501s when leggings—which do so much more than hold me during downward dogs and spin classes—exist? — Alexandra Ilyashov, Glamour, "A Case For Wearing Maternity Jeans When You’re Not Pregnant," 6 Dec. 2018 The man said he had been tied up with ropes at first but later, after learning to wriggle free, was restrained with increasingly larger chains on and off over six years. — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, "Turpin sister's photos of shackled siblings draw gasps in court," 21 June 2018 In fact, hostilities continued up to the last hour to ensure that the Germans did not wriggle out of their armistice obligations, which were effectively terms of surrender. — Brendan Simms, WSJ, "‘Peace at Last’ Review: Remembering Flanders Fields," 11 Nov. 2018 In the months ahead, expect CBS to wriggle and wrangle for ways to deliver at least some of these terms to Mr. Moonves, despite the results of a pending internal investigation into any misbehavior while he was employed at CBS. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "CBS and the Function of Severance," 11 Sep. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
That description offers a little more wriggle room; Windows 10 might only have a plurality share of enterprise systems rather than the majority share Nadella claimed. — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, "Half of enterprise machines run Windows 10, as Windows 7’s end of life looms," 25 Oct. 2018 It might be coated with compounds capable of making sperm wriggle in place, keeping them from inseminating a woman’s egg. — Zoë Schlanger, Newsweek, "Plantibodies Could Pave the Road to Wellness," 15 Dec. 2014 The dancers, who double as performers and teachers, gyrate in a circle as the alpacas wriggle among them. — John Clarke, WSJ, "Dancing Alpacas! Guard Alpacas! Party Alpacas! Breeders Find New Uses After Market Bust," 25 Mar. 2018 God- and state-fearing Although Christians are growing more numerous, the wriggle room allowed to them is shrinking. — The Economist, "As China tightens rules on religion, unregistered churches wince," 15 Mar. 2018 Museums in China have barely any wriggle room to question the official line. — The Economist, "Memories and hallucinationsThe Opium Wars still shape China’s view of the West," 16 Dec. 2017 On one hand, the country appears to be running out of financial wriggle room. — The Economist, "How long can Venezuela avoid default?," 2 Nov. 2017 Through a series of plot wriggles, Grace has the opportunity to hang around in the Oval Office. — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, "What Was Will & Grace?," 27 Sep. 2017 If so, the Ducks will enter the meet -- June 7-10 at Hayward Field -- with wriggle room. — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, "Despite mishaps, UO women still appear to be solid favorites: Oregon track & field rundown," 30 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wriggle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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