squirming

Example Sentences

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Paramount Skydance isn’t putting up too much of its own cash, but holy God is it adding a lot to the $14 billion in debt already squirming on its balance sheet.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

It’s a thriller that turns the screws so unnoticeably you begin squirming before you notice how efficiently the play has gotten, well, under your skin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Six chilling charts to send investors squirming this Hallowe’en.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

Though the reaction from delegates was largely muted, some were visibly squirming in their seats as the US president addressed the UN for the first time since he began his second term.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

The baby in my arms had been squirming and whimpering all this while, but suddenly he exploded in shrill wails.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff