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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

One day about noon, Odorny Nimmer, the sixty-first day of the journey that bland blind nothingness about us began to flow and writhe.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

Authorities are not surprised that more bodies are seeing the light of day as Lake Mead writhes in a prolonged drought gripping the West.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2022

The river writhes around his calves, knees, thighs, and then waist.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

It came, it saw, it occasionally flopped and writhed on the grass, but it truly conquered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

His fevers were so bad that he insisted on sleeping in the rain, and he writhed in pain "like he'd been thrown in hot oil", says his mother, Sughra.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

"It's all of ours first day," said a curator, re-assembling the artwork as it writhed.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

Muncy writhed on the ground in obvious pain before being helped to the clubhouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

The snakes flicked their tongues and writhed as if they didn’t appreciate holding up the weight of a giant.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

There is no escape: Garbagemen find them in their shoes at night; or writhing in their arm hair; or embedded in their scalps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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

On one run in the third quarter, Hernando barreled to the ground after a 10-yard gain — writhing in pain , forcing an injury timeout.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025

Moments later, the cat lays purring and writhing on the ground until it "dies".

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024

They were called “those who walk in the darkness,” and they were terrible of aspect, with writhing snakes for hair and eyes that wept tears of blood.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton