writhing 1 of 2

present participle of writhe

writhing

2 of 2

noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of writhing
Verb
Throughout the writhing and the screaming, Julia’s fortitude wears down a defiant Davina, whose history with Lovat feeds the moment. Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
The Russians beat him for several minutes, giggling at the sight of their naked, one-legged prisoner writhing on the hard floor. Michael Collins, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, Tess is hiding behind records, writhing on the ground, directing Anna with sexy cues. Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for writhing
Verb
  • The story unfolds in Agra during the 1990s, weaving together romantic elements with comedic beats and supernatural scares.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Naming the bags is my way of weaving culture directly into design.
    Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Koberidze opens with a montage of cats, foot traffic, street dogs twitching in their sleep, statues and trees casting long shadows across buildings.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Prater, who was expecting gory details, is a little harder to read, though his face twitching doesn’t seem like a great sign.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Visualizing the ropes of the nets twisting around the necks of these animals, slowly strangling, choking, running out of oxygen.
    Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • In the early 2000s, a vein of innovation was being mined by artists twisting folk traditions into new shapes (Sufjan Stevens’s whimsical orchestration, Animal Collective’s ghostly harmonizing, Joanna Newsom’s harp epics).
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But as soon as my squirming newborn was placed on my chest, I was overcome by the desire not to keep these works to myself, but to share my love of literature with my baby.
    Ilana Kurshan, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
  • With net in hand, the future microbial geochemist dredged up seaweed and mud squirming with snails, crab larvae and other small invertebrates.
    Laura Poppick, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Now scientists have found that, with a little fiddling, the feathers can be adjusted to turn flashes of light into laser beams.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Life’s hard enough, and if facial fiddling is music to your ears, have at it.
    Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • But the way Herbert flashed early in his career, tossing seven touchdown passes and only one interception in a 2021 season sweep of the defending AFC champion Chiefs, had come to feel like a tease.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Harrell’s improvement After a slow start against the Mountaineers in the Duke’s Mayo Classic, tossing an interception and completing just 54% of his passes, Harrell showed slight improvements against the Tar Heels’ defense.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Even the normally surefire element of a score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, with its blasts of dissonance pumping up the squirm factor, adds to the heavy-going effect of a movie that seems to go out of its way to be grating.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
  • That kind of thing makes a checker squirm.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The story follows a Jewish family across five generations, from childhood to adulthood, blending laughs and tear-jerking moments, just like in Bob-Waksberg’s other shows.
    Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Tear-jerking purple prose designed to make a Baby Boomer nostalgic and sad.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025

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

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