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noun

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Recent Examples of twitch
Verb
Not just a twitch of the mouth but, like, actually laughing out loud. Daisy Jones, Vogue, 12 July 2025 Sheriff Joe Cross, played by a Joaquin Phoenix whose every twitch conveys profound weariness, embodies a certain strain of American defiance. Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025
Noun
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 One of the 50 boys starts convulsing on the road, and as Jonsson and Hoffman’s characters walk backwards to see what happens, soldiers have their guns trained on his twitching body before a gunshot rings out. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for twitch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twitch
Verb
  • Applause intermingled with tears as the families of the Camp Mystic campers and counselors looked on, many with small children fidgeting in their Sunday-best attire behind the governor.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Weaver recalled a recent moment with her youngest daughter, Hadley, describing how the 6-year-old began to fidget and lose focus toward the end of a homework assignment.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The president starts out by making a visit to Liberty Arena to play basketball with some school children, then gets jerked away when the crisis happens.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • If Hall jerked too violently, let alone tried to run, the wire would pull the trigger, firing the shotgun Kiritsis had pointed at the back of Hall’s head.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The contraction has been particularly brutal for Hollywood’s production assistants, many of whom are feeling stuck at what is supposed to be the starting line of their careers.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • More contractions could be coming soon.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Weak shaking was observed in Glenbrook and the surrounding area, where several residents reported experiencing the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Residents of the Nurgal district of Kunar have left their homes to live in tents, on the surrounding high land near a river, or in the open, for fear of more tremors.
    Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the Rockies, as is their wont, made the Padres squirm, belting 14 hits, including a solo home run by Mickey Moniak in the ninth off Robert Suarez.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Lanthimos and cinematographer Robbie Ryan stage and shoot said home invasion like a Jacques Tati sequence — that is to say, from an amused, ironic distance that watches humans squirm and scramble without intervention.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In fact, Labyrinth was yanked from some theaters less than a month after its release.
    Logan Karlie September 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • After deciding to take his family to a tourist town for some fun in the sun, a minor encounter with local bullies yanks the family into the crosshairs of an unhinged, blood-thirsty crime boss (Sharon Stone), who is determined to derail his relaxation.
    Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Below, learn why back pain can rear its head in your 30s, what might signify a more serious issue, and how to alleviate everyday twinges.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The burrata is cool and rich, faintly sweet and a plenty salty with a twinge of sourness.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • Louie is summoned to the apartment of Joe Black, a higher-up gangster played by John Malkovich with a manner so quizzical yet threatening that his voice just about quivers with unexpressed rage.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s the latest bike gear, trail runners, and hiking essentials that earned a permanent spot in our quiver.
    The Editors, Outside, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Twitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twitch. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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