squiggle

Richards’s signature style is to break down complex behavioral-finance concepts into minimalist line drawings — sometimes just a squiggle — with only a few words.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

"That's what happened here. We had all sort of noticed this fishhook squiggle on the rock. It was pretty prominent because it was really, really deep."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024

In other scenes, such as one where he's specifically asked his name, squiggle lines appear over his lips, suggesting that a spell has been cast to prevent him from revealing himself.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2024

I prefer a sprinkling of salt, a bed of raw onions and cilantro and a squiggle of green salsa.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

A squiggle of turbulence, or a crewman walking inside the fuselage, would tip the plane off its axis.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

The floor was so grubby that the thought of sitting anywhere on it was nauseating — and regardless, the lanes were now too dark for reading, lit primarily by bright neon stripes and squiggles.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

The off-white form of the rustic terracotta jar, shattered over millenniums and fastidiously reassembled, is elegantly decorated in rich brown and black designs, including bursts of rosettes and abstract squiggles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025

The genus name uncus means “hook” in Latin, after the fishhooklike squiggles on the rock left by the fossils.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 19, 2024

EEGs use small sensors attached to the scalp to measure the brain's electrical signals, producing a long line of up and down squiggles.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

Jonah stepped back from the computer, far enough away that the words were just indistinct squiggles.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Yields squiggled following the latest batch of reports on the economy.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

The book, compiled between 1967-1968, features Sir Paul McCartney's draft of the famous song alongside poetry and doodles squiggled by the music legend.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2022

Over the course of a profoundly productive journalism career, he was able to translate all those squiggled notes into some of the finest long-form writing The Post has ever published.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2020

Vegetable-focussed appetizers include marinated shishito and Jimmy Nardello peppers, for layering on crusty toast with thickly squiggled ricotta that’s been whipped until it’s as densely creamy as labneh.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 23, 2018

Worms squiggled frantically from a billion holes in the ground and drowned, their pale bleached bodies floating everywhere.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Some look like earthworms and others are covered in tiny bristles, squiggling about.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2022

Squeeze the chocolate onto the lined baking sheet, swirling or squiggling the lines to make decorative shapes.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022

The casual-looking moves include a squiggling elbow, a lowering to one knee, fingers tapping the soles of feet.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

It's great for squiggling on a slice of pizza or on top of a bowl of fried rice, and its flavor can be found carried into all types of food products.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2021

They screamed for more and I obliged, squiggling my feet and slip-sliding across the wooden floor, jumping into the air and landing in a near split by the blackboard, shouting “Eeeee-yowwww!”

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride