twitch

Object

• fiber: Slow twitch fibers are the prime fiber cells used in long distance aerobic events.
• curtain: Many early morning searches are thwarted by twitching curtains!
• muscle: A twitching muscle in the eyelid is extremely common.
• nose: Innocent and beautiful, with her soft ears and twitching nose, we felt she would be with us forever.
• height: The infusion rate should be adjusted to maintain twitch response at 10 % of control twitch height.
• eye: Whenever something bad happened or was about to happen, his right eye always twitched.

Adjective modifier

• nervous: Not even the cameras detected the nervous twitch in the leg.
• slight: The audience hangs on the president's every one-liner; the slightest deadpan twitch induces guffaws ( pretzels not included ).
• little: Sometimes little twitches of the arms, legs or face can be observed.
• few: I started the match on the tip, yet this only produced a few twitches.

Modifies a noun

fiber: This exercise also works your slow twitch muscle fibers.

Modifying Another Word

• nervously: I notice that Jack's feet do not twitch nervously or anything either - he's quite absorbed with what is going on.
• violently: It was over by the fence, lying on its side, twitching violently.
• fast: They are a combination of the two not fully fast twitch or fully slow twitch.
• slightly: The client could twitch slightly, fiddle with a ring or lick their lips.
• slow: They are a combination of the two not fully fast twitch or fully slow twitch.
• still: He is carried away still twitching to the hospital.

Noun used with modifier

muscle: These are muscle twitches you can see or feel.

Used with why or when

when: She is reported as saying his head is twitching more when she sees him after games or training.

Preposition: of

muscle: An example is the ' knee-jerk ' reflex, which involves a sudden twitch of a limb muscle caused by tapping the tendon.