squirm
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Others squirm with embarrassment, especially in Kettering, which used to be better known for its shoe factories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
It would be easy to take Emma’s confession as a simple cinematic provocation, a tone-deaf narrative device intended to make viewers squirm in their seats.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
Eight years later, he’s back in office, and giving soccer fans eager to watch the tournament this summer good reasons to squirm.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026
Jon Stewart’s biting satire may have made his new bosses squirm, but they went ahead and extended the comedian’s run on Comedy Central through December 2026.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
If I concentrate, I can imagine that I feel them; they do not quite squirm, but there is, from time to time, a kind of tingle.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
A new study from two University of Chicago scientists has revealed how HIV squirms its way into the nucleus as it invades a cell.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2024
The foot taps, the squirms in your seat, the arms thrown into the air with a mind of their own.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2023
Claireth Mendoza's six-year-old son Drake squirms in his mother's lap.
From Reuters ● Aug. 12, 2022
Cross squirms and kicks, knocking the wipes off the warmer as I punch a perfect glob of sanitizer into the center of my palm.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2022
Hector squirms out the other side of me, and even though I just said I would keep a close eye on him, I don’t chase after him.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
I was still worried about what had happened to the fireworks, and I squirmed as we picked up the car at the impound lot and mom drove the 30 miles home.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
When scrum-half Jonny Weimann squirmed over to score in the sixth minute they became the first team in history to score 100 regular-season tries in the Prem/Premiership era.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
I squirmed, then froze in my chair, trying to conceal my cringe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Sliding through the metal detectors, I overheard a sergeant explain how he put down his lunch, turned to grab a spoon, and, as he lifted the lid of his bowl, roaches squirmed underneath.
From Slate ● May 19, 2025
It wriggled and squirmed like quicksilver and, apart from that, the box was only just long enough to take it.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
He guides me inside a warehouse full of vast, bubbling water tanks and heaves out a haul of the squirming, long, thin black fish.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
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
“I’ve had a pit in my stomach all day,” said his father, Craig Kupp, with an irrepressible smile on his face and a squirming grandson tucked under his arm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 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
It was almost worth having to go to school just to see everybody itching and squirming.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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