squirming

Example Sentences

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Mr. Ireland indicates the uneven power dynamics involved when Leigh, though squirming at the idea, is needled into answering the same repulsive question, settling on Margaret Thatcher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

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

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

Victory in the north London derby could kick-start their 2025 but, having relied upon a set-piece own goal and a Leandro Trossard strike fortuitously squirming through Spurs keeper Antonin Kinsky, the same questions remain.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

He climbed to the small opening and by squirming and twisting, he got through.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien