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Recent Examples of jiggly
The jiggly, quaking contraption is eye-catching—a natural social media star.
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Julia Sullivan, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025
Julia Sullivan, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jiggly
Adjective
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The result was a gleaming skyscraper held up by some rickety wooden boards, duct tape, and magic.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
14 Nov. 2025
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Everything looks so rickety — this stadium wasn’t built for pandemonium like this.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Every part of me that can jiggle is now jiggling.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
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Some office workers recommend purchasing a mouse-jiggling device that keeps the cursor moving so you’re not dinged for idle time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The show provided a side of the singer few had seen — a bit doddering, sometimes befuddled and the source of the series’ comedy.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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The show, which served as a precursor to such powerful reality programs as Keeping Up with The Kardashians, presented Osbourne as doddering, gibberish-spewing dad but one who adores his family unendingly.—
Jim Farber,
Billboard,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Neither of them understands the other’s dynamic with Daniel, and the split-episode format keeps our sympathies teeter-tottering between each woman.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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After a difficult and financially precarious adolescence, he was discovered by fashion designer Thierry Mugler, who encouraged him to get into modelling.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2026
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Rubio will either sink or swim in his precarious position.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Dear Eric: My infirm 83-year-old parents (stroke, blindness and memory issues) live with my husband and me.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
16 Dec. 2025
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Executive orders that are constitutionally infirm; unwarranted attacks on public sector employees; taxation policy favoring the ultra-wealthy.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The result feels like a cavalier stunt—an audio-documentary shrine erected on a wobbly visual-narrative foundation.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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Kentucky’s wobbly path to the NCAA Tournament just got a whole lot more uncertain.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Janet’s mother, Marilyn, was deeply insecure about having never finished college herself, and—newly flush with cash—offered to pay for four years of her children’s higher education (which cost, on average, $740 in the late 1970s).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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The plight of food-insecure residents in the state became more visible in the fall when a 43-day shutdown of the federal government caused a pause in federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits to the hungry.—
Kitan Arole,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Jiggly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jiggly. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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