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as in to twitch
to make jerky or restless movements
a pediatrician's waiting room full of squiggling toddlers
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Recent Examples of squiggle
The cake is gingery, light and moist, squiggled with thick cream cheese frosting.
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Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
The six dancers in bright blues and greens (a seventh, originally Brown, appears at the beginning and the end) ripple and squiggle through space, intersecting and occasionally aligning, ricocheting and weaving.
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Roslyn Sulcas,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Breaking water in the morning and shoulders squiggling free in the dark of evening.
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Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2024
Vienna’s Danube, Munich’s Isar, and many rivers squiggling across the U.K. and France all have a long history of hosting swimmers.
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Jessica Leigh Hester,
The Atlantic,
31 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for squiggle
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
The six dancers in bright blues and greens (a seventh, originally Brown, appears at the beginning and the end) ripple and squiggle through space, intersecting and occasionally aligning, ricocheting and weaving.
—
Roslyn Sulcas,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Breaking water in the morning and shoulders squiggling free in the dark of evening.
—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2024
Vienna’s Danube, Munich’s Isar, and many rivers squiggling across the U.K. and France all have a long history of hosting swimmers.
—
Jessica Leigh Hester,
The Atlantic,
31 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for squiggle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squiggle
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There is something cultish about that idea — the player who tends not to start but has the knack to appear later on with antennae twitching, ready to seize the day and alter the course of a match.
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Leon Stetson was allegedly twitching, so officers moved him away from Carrie Stetson and started to render medical aid.
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Interviewers often leave meetings with random observations scribbled on a notepad.
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As usual, McCartney scribbled all over the blueprint.
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In addition to having lofty themes, this is also a fairly rousing adventure with enough visual panache to keep any kid from fidgeting in his seat.
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A lot of those people have Victoria Baumann and Charlie Moreton to thank, the father-daughter duo behind Victoria Essie Studio that produces fidget toys and other knickknacks out of their homes in North Carolina.
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The elder statesman Hall scrawling his signature on the Declaration was in doubt in the run-up to the first Independence Day.
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Backstage in the green room, Nicky’s ghost is screaming and scrawling something on a mirror with his bloody stump while Lestat is also screaming into Gabrielle’s voicemail.
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Contreras was tossed immediately, while Red Sox outfielder Nate Eaton, interim manager Chad Tracy and Washington pitcher Miles Mikolas were all sent to the showers early.
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Guardians rookie Cooper Ingle made a routine catch last night and tossed the ball into the stands.
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With the contact patch sliding and squirming, the brakes had less to work with—and the car took just enough extra distance to end in an impact.
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Unless your companion could use a hand or is traveling with young kids (in the latter case, if this person also happens to be your spouse or partner, really not cool to leave them with the stroller, diaper bag, squirming kids).
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Watching their relationship devolve (never more so than when their sperm donor, a rakish, motorcycle-driving restaurant owner played by Mark Ruffalo, enters the scene) is most definitely a tear-jerking experience, as is the film’s final scene.
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Some were petty — like Reese committing a foul against Clark, then jerking her head back, impersonating Clark as a flopper.
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Their wide toe box leaves plenty of room to wiggle your toes or wear thick socks.
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Sizing is especially important with slip-on shoes to ensure your foot doesn’t wiggle around.
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“Squiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squiggle. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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