writhe

But if you’ve put decades into watching this band, you deserve to see what this incarnation can wrench and writhe into.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

When athletes tear ACLs in other sports, crowds are used to watching them writhe on the ground in agony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

The Colombian star put on a spectacular show that saw her dance with knives, writhe in a fake cave and play a fiery guitar solo during Objection Tango.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2023

Eichel didn’t think it was bad enough to writhe on the ice and wait for medical attention when he could skate off and begin the process of collecting himself.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

All the darkened inlets and corridors that stretched into the carnival’s back alleys seemed to writhe and simmer.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

“The Gilded Age” embarks on its third season as America writhes in what many believe to be its death throes.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025

Depp whimpers and writhes with aplomb, but her enthusiastically physical performance never reaches her eyes — unless they’re rolling back in her head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024

He twists and writhes against the police car, at times falling over on his side, as he waits 22 minutes for an ambulance.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2023

He writhes on the ground before being slumped up against a car, unable to properly sit up himself.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2023

She sits long into the night although she is in pain and often writhes.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

It came, it saw, it occasionally flopped and writhed on the grass, but it truly conquered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

His fevers were so bad that he insisted on sleeping in the rain, and he writhed in pain "like he'd been thrown in hot oil", says his mother, Sughra.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

"It's all of ours first day," said a curator, re-assembling the artwork as it writhed.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

But after the play, Davis fell to the court and writhed in pain, holding his face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2024

The snakes flicked their tongues and writhed as if they didn’t appreciate holding up the weight of a giant.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

But people I talk to almost all complain about the flopping: Too many players fall to the turf writhing in fake pain to draw a yellow card after the slightest graze by an opponent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Sixteen hours after Tatum was writhing on the court against the New York Knicks, he was stretched out on O’Malley’s operating table on the West side of Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

The ghost of Gaga past re-emerges for Perfect Celebrity, writhing with camp energy in a shallow grave as she sings about the pressure and torture of stardom.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

Calderon every so often would collapse at school, writhing from nerve pain as if engulfed in fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024

I’m too embarrassed about it to tell anyone that my writhing tortured gut is my own stupid fault—although Hal knows, because he saw me hide the plate.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman