writhing

Example Sentences

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Across the globe, Florence is wrenching Freddie from writhing on the floor to buck him up for the imminent match.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 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

James Garfield’s assassination in 1881 involved 79 days of writhing medical purgatory.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2024

Strips of sticky paper are dangling from the ceiling, writhing with trapped and dying flies.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 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