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as in to fidget
to make jerky or restless movements
the dog twitched in her sleep
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as in contraction
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Recent Examples of twitch
Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The yearning between the duo is captured most exquisitely by Darcy (Macfadyen) twitching his hand as though reaching toward Elizabeth during the second half of the film.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2025
Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Eye twitches can be another sign of too-tired eyes, which may feel more sensitive to light.12
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—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Real Estate As Ballast Against Market Turbulence Why does Manhattan real estate hold up while other assets twitch?
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The yearning between the duo is captured most exquisitely by Darcy (Macfadyen) twitching his hand as though reaching toward Elizabeth during the second half of the film.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
His arrow is pointing sky high, though, because of his get-off burst, body twitch and competitive intensity.
—Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Eye twitches can be another sign of too-tired eyes, which may feel more sensitive to light.12
8.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twitch
Verb
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In this puzzle, the fiddle is not the musical instrument, but a type of fidgeting.—
Deb Amlen,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Sitting with his defense team in Judge Arun Subramanian’s lower Manhattan courtroom, a steely eyed and fidgeting Combs Friday morning listened as the ‘Me & U’ singer resumed her testimony under questioning from attorney Anna Estevao.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Avoid jerking the floss or aggressive movements; instead, use smooth, gentle motions.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
5 May 2025
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However, the pendulum appears to be jerking back toward the physically and mentally unhealthy skinny extreme–and a new TikTok trend serves as the latest example: SkinnyTok.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This includes your heart muscle, which relies on precise contractions to pump blood effectively throughout your body.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
28 May 2025
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Throughout the history of MLMs, contractions and collapses in the broader economy have been good for them.—
Lora Kelley,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Interestingly, the inability to get out of the chair is not a strength issue, and tremors do not cause the decline in handwriting.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
23 May 2025
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The same goes for equipment that monitors earth tremors before volcanoes erupt.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
Verb
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This can prepare your body to safely move things without straining your spine, whether that be a bag of yard clippings, a squirming child, or a box of books.—
Christa Sgobba,
SELF,
4 June 2025
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His wire-to-wire tenacity made Benet squirm until the final split-second had ticked off the clock.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Even though waxing is tolerable, having a numbing cream applied over the hair and skin about 20 minutes before the wax is applied is supposed to help manage the discomfort of having the wax yanked off.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
3 June 2025
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Ventura’s stylist and friend, Deonte Nash, recalled a pushy Combs yanking Ventura away from her 29th birthday celebration in 2015.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Richarlison was taken off at half-time, then Maddison and Solanke were taken off after feeling knee and quad twinges respectively.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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But these little twinges the audience might feel about everyone being mortal only added, if anything, to the evening’s personal potency, and the vitality of a reconvening of the tribe that supported the Wilson sisters from the outset, along with strays picked up during the MTV years.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The graves, including those of warriors, contained pottery and rare organic artifacts like a quiver.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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Arriving on Valentine’s Day at the Munich Security Conference, Mr. Vance was armed with a quiver of arrows.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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“Twitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twitch. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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