twitch
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Over time, this can cause loss of strength, increased scarring, fat buildup within muscle tissue, and a decline in fast twitch fibers, which support rapid and powerful movements.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Evans says the gesture was a "an involuntary, subconscious twitch" that he was "unaware" of.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
As you might guess about someone who topped Michael B. Jordan, Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio at the Baftas, Mr. Aramayo is astonishing, giving an intensely committed performance of every twitch, shout and click.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
“Even the smallest twitch is causing wild swings in all corners of the market,” he added.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
And with a twitch of whisker and a nod of head, he led us around the crate.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Mice receiving 4e showed significantly fewer head twitches, which scientists use as a reliable indicator of psychedelic-like activity in rodents, than mice treated with psilocybin.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
She experiences motor twitches, such as jaw jerks, vocal tics and coprolalia - involuntarily using obscene or offensive language - which she says can be "embarrassing" when she's in public.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
By subconsciously mirroring even the subtlest twitches of expression and biological rhythms of other people, we can channel their thoughts and feelings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
His nose twitches are as dramatic as an ingenue’s gasp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
She moved in jerky birdlike twitches, her coffee-brown eyes darting restlessly, her fingers clawing at her plumage, her earlobes, her shaggy red hair.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
During a videotaped electroenchephalogram to test Linton for possible epileptic episodes, Linton also jerked and twitched on six different occasions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
She had been struggling with an ankle injury and said she "twitched" her neck during podium training on Thursday.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
As the hours went on, Spiderman twitched less.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2023
Deb Dauphinais, a dive instructor, said she thought the shark was dead, but when it twitched she motioned for her husband to come over and help.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
She tilted her head left and right as the model twitched the fan open and waved it around.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
It “often begins with muscle twitching and weakness in an arm or leg, trouble swallowing, or slurred speech,” the clinic said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Someone might have blepharospasms, a dystonia affecting the muscles around the eyes, which results in uncontrollable twitching and blinking.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
And the choreographer, Katie Spelman, does wonderful work, for instance expressing the nervous energy of the students with precise and funny twitching of their sneakers under their desks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
And right now, with the yield curve doing interpretive dance and credit spreads twitching like a politician’s eye during a deposition, banks have decided that the most profitable thing they can do is absolutely nothing.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 5, 2025
My eyelid starts twitching, which it does sometimes when I get nervous.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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