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

When she refuses, Spears grabs the trimmer and clicks it on: “The extensions are hacked into lifeless scraps … the stray hairs curl on the floor like writhing snakes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

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

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024

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

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2024

“Let me do it,” he said, reaching over the top of the writhing legs for the body.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen