as in fidgets
to make jerky or restless movements
the toddler squirmed the whole time we were in the waiting room
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Recent Examples of squirms
Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
When Brian and Murtagh report that Dougal offended the Grants and Colum had to promise Ellen’s hand to appease the situation, Lord Lovat squirms.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squirms
Verb
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The man fidgets, shifts around in his seat and fixates on Zarutska before pulling out a small knife and striking her multiple times around her neck.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Sep. 2025
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The second of those four TD tosses was the 250th of Mahomes’ career, and no quarterback in NFL history had reached that milestone in fewer games.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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Miles Mykkanen’s Sam gets to unsheathe his glinting high tenor, and Lauren Snouffer’s 14-year-old Sarah tosses her lithe soprano voice into airborne vaults.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some devices, for example, track eye movements or other small muscle twitches to let users select words from a screen.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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McDonald's worries are juxtaposed against a stock market hitting new highs on a daily basis on hopes a looser Fed will patch up any economic dislocations.—
John Melloy,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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That creates downward pressure and temporary dislocations.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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His body wiggles with excitement, signaling his tail is wagging.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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As that magnet rotates, the filament likewise wiggles back and forth, making its way through the urinary tract by pushing off against its inner walls.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The sentencing hearing comes shortly after Subramanian rejected a pair of motions from Combs' lawyers asking the New York judge to either overturn his criminal conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution or grant him a new trial.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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After the July verdict of his criminal trial, Combs’ lawyers filed multiple motions for acquittal and requested that he be sentenced to 14 months, which, given his time already served, would release him by the end of the year.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Squirms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squirms. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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