1
as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
tends to writhe his fingers together when he's nervous or upset
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as in to squirm
to make jerky or restless movements
writhing in pain from his injuries
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Recent Examples of writhe
This is then contrasted with the weight of this trauma, which pulls her to the ground, writhing in pain, in search of a new form of release.
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Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2025
After Nancy shoots the exotic matter, the writhing ball of energy becomes even more ferocious, melting the top of the lab at a more rapid rate.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2025
Jovic immediately grabbed at his lower back and stayed down on the court writhing in pain, as Heat teammates and trainers immediately rushed to check on him.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
As a teller activated an alarm and called 911 from under her station desk, Brown writhed on the carpet.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
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An hour later, for its first concert since the fires, parishioners sat in awe as Grammy Award winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers weaved her bow across her violin, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach echoing through the church.—
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Culturally, 2026 is the year cannabis truly weaves into everyday life.—
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No sound effect makes people squirm quite like grinding teeth.—
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Martin is a tough, no-nonsense, Logan Roy kind of patriarch, inclined to making his children squirm.—
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Watson shared a 1962 Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for discovering that deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is a double helix, consisting of two strands that coil around each other to create what resembles a long, gently twisting ladder.—
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Brightburn also twists the family dynamic to expose a parent's worst fear, that their power and authority over their children is completely illusory.—
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At 6-foot-4, 255 pounds, Huff at his best has good bend and some twitch to his game.—
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Their usefulness remains an open question At the back of a conference hall at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas, a humanoid robot twitched through a preprogrammed wave for a crowd of cell phone cameras—a classic scene of high spectacle and unclear utility at CES.—
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But the positions of coach Brendon McCullum and, because they are inextricably entwined, managing director Rob Key have to come under scrutiny because of the huge mistakes that have been made at the worst possible time.—
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Venezuela’s military ranks have grown over the past decade and have become ever more entwined with the country’s economic system and governance.—
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Children fidgeted in the relentless August heat.—
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People with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism may share symptoms like fidgeting and restlessness.—
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Someone off camera then tossed him that actual T-shirt.—
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Failing to get a criminal conviction tossed and again complaining about the conditions at Rikers Island, Weinstein wants to begin negotiations with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s office ahead of his upcoming trial, his lawyer said during a hearing Thursday.—
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Aisha jerked and opened her eyes.—
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That jerking motion, combined with detergent and water, loosens dirt from the surfaces of clothing.—
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“Writhe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writhe. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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