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as in to fidget
to make jerky or restless movements
the dog twitched in her sleep
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Recent Examples of twitch
Leila Chatti
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Movement came to her fingers slowly, in twitches, one finger, then another.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Jones’ raw traits have always been jaw-dropping — a 6-foot-6 defensive end who can combine an edge rusher’s twitch with an interior lineman’s power.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
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Verb
As one wanders out into a field, rod in hand, ready for the twitch.
—Leila Chatti
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Movement came to her fingers slowly, in twitches, one finger, then another.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
My hand twitched toward the phone, muscle memory stronger than willpower.
—Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Jones’ raw traits have always been jaw-dropping — a 6-foot-6 defensive end who can combine an edge rusher’s twitch with an interior lineman’s power.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twitch
Verb
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Children fidgeted in the relentless August heat.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
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Notice: are people fidgeting, looking at their hands, or rolling their eyes?—
Anne Sugar,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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He, too, was bowled over by the film's tear-jerking finale.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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Travis jerked open the door and slid on his butt down a wing that was on fire.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Magnesium plays a role in muscle contractions that may contribute to cramping.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois,
Health,
2 Oct. 2025
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The contraction — the company also notched a monthly sales decline in September, unlike other large Chinese EV brands — comes as BYD slashed its sales goal for the year.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Weak shaking has been registered and residents reported experiencing the tremor in several cities, such as Oceanside, San Diego, Vista and Santee according to the USGS DYFI report.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Search efforts were further complicated after an earthquake struck the region of Sumenep, about 124 miles from the collapse site on Tuesday, and authorities feared the impact of those tremors may have packed the debris tighter.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In a horror movie, the sight of a leg being broken and the bone sticking out might be squirm-inducing but not out of bonds.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Still, Sabbath sounded amazing, the band’s distinctive vibe of limitless cosmic encumbrance, of Man squirming under the thumb of Fate, God, madness—the essential heavy-metal vision—somehow magnified by the venerable wobbliness of its playing.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Annoyed Detroit ticketholders reacted Wednesday on YoungBoy fan sites after the LCA show was yanked from the tour schedule.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Previously, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell yanked their music off the service to protest Joe Rogan’s podcast at the height of the pandemic for supposedly spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccine.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But unlike the billions of other web-using inhabitants of planet Earth, the 72-year-old Canter feels an ever-so-slight twinge of culpability for all that digital junk that rockets across the internet each day.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Even the aerial shots have the jiggle and quiver of a helicopter, not a drone.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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Even the aerial shots have the jiggle and quiver of a helicopter, not a drone.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Twitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twitch. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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