writhe
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Instead, they take turns to silently perform a series of moves and poses that look, to the untrained eye, as if they are playing charades or, as they writhe on the ground, breakdancing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
But if you’ve put decades into watching this band, you deserve to see what this incarnation can wrench and writhe into.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
When athletes tear ACLs in other sports, crowds are used to watching them writhe on the ground in agony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
The Colombian star put on a spectacular show that saw her dance with knives, writhe in a fake cave and play a fiery guitar solo during Objection Tango.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2023
And we writhe around, throwing pillows and screaming some more.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Depp whimpers and writhes with aplomb, but her enthusiastically physical performance never reaches her eyes — unless they’re rolling back in her head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
He twists and writhes against the police car, at times falling over on his side, as he waits 22 minutes for an ambulance.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2023
He writhes on the ground before being slumped up against a car, unable to properly sit up himself.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2023
All kinds of pestilence writhes within raw turkey meat, and safe preparation isn't just a good idea — it's a must to keep everyone at the Thanksgiving table safe.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2022
The whale writhes, its fluke beating powerfully against the air as it leaves the water, revealing how completely the squid’s tentacles envelop it, squeezing the whale with life-crushing force.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
It came, it saw, it occasionally flopped and writhed on the grass, but it truly conquered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
"It's all of ours first day," said a curator, re-assembling the artwork as it writhed.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
A trainer checked on Messi, who writhed in pain on the pitch, but he remained in the game.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Devastated and in pain as she writhed on the track, she refused medical assistance, instead limping down the home straight and forcing herself over the finish line.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2023
The earth roared and writhed as it must have during Creation.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Chloe O. Davis devised writhing choreography for the six dancers who supplied some movement, in contrast to the mostly static chorus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Sixteen hours after Tatum was writhing on the court against the New York Knicks, he was stretched out on O’Malley’s operating table on the West side of Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Moments later, the cat lays purring and writhing on the ground until it "dies".
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
Calderon every so often would collapse at school, writhing from nerve pain as if engulfed in fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024
The shadows spun faster, their long strides reaching over the heads of the writhing crowd.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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