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  • present participle of writhe.
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writhing

[rahy-thing] / ˈraɪ ðɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
twisting
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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

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

From Slate • Aug. 9, 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




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