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wriggle

verb as in maneuver out of; wiggle

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Like Nadler, Cohen—who is also Jewish—substituted “Jewish” for “gay” and watched Riggle wriggle.

The Fishermen, like thieves, shake out their silver,/ the lithe knives wriggle on the drying sand.

The question is whether Netanyahu believes that he can wriggle his way out of serious peace negotiations once again.

To wriggle your way into private sessions with top industry execs?

And most of us felt compelled to find a witty repartee while trying to wriggle out of his clutches.

He could not wriggle a toe, which made his mental processes difficult, for his toes were first aids to his brain.

His mind worked more freely when his toes were unconfined, so that he might wriggle them as he reasoned.

Scattergood was thinking, and to think, with him, meant so to unfetter his feet that he could wriggle his toes pleasurably.

Another wriggle took him past the back, but it also gave Clowes time to catch him up.

With a convulsive wriggle of its tail it darted away in a panic.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wriggle, such as: crawl, sneak, squirm, zigzag, convulse, and dodge.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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