squirm

Though Donnarumma could do little about Jackson's thumping finish for the opening goal, he should have done better for the second as a low shot seemed to squirm under him.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

She pushes buttons because she’s trying to get them to admit something, or she’s pinning the fly to the bulletin board and watching it squirm.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 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

I squirm, just like the leech stuck in the grip of the tongs.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

Along the way, a baby cries and squirms; her older siblings bicker on the drive home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

Somehow he squirms his way to the safest harbor while everyone else scrambles.

From Salon ● May 15, 2023

Saqib Mahmood squirms slightly in his seat as an awkward, embarrassed smile sweeps across his face.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2022

I hold him, but Ford flops and squirms and pushes, bucking like a bronco, trying to get away from me.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

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

With each stride, I squirmed deeper into the Florsheims’ tapered toes in a vain effort to spare my chafing heels.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

But he squirmed his way through a celebratory montage of his biggest songs.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

I squirmed, then froze in my chair, trying to conceal my cringe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Hazel squirmed, trying desperately to wrench herself free.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Do you enjoy squirming and stammering while Mr. Oldman gives you grief?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

Skeptics who had been perplexed by Mr. Gehry’s squirming metallic shapes suddenly found them perfectly comprehensible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

And we were nothing but little mice squirming through it in our dark little pathways.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver