Writhing Definition

writhings
verb
Writhing is defined as wriggling, squirming or contorting.
When you are being tickled and you are squirming, contorting and trying desperately to get away, this is an example of a time when you are writhing.
When you are told that someone lied to you and you become furious and extremely emotionally upset, this is an example of a time when you are writhing in anger.
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Present participle of writhe.

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noun
A twisting struggle.
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Singular:
writhing
Plural:
writhings

Writhing Sentence Examples

  • Eden gazed at his writhing body a moment longer before she rose.

  • Memon, obsessed with the writhing creature, unhinged his jaw and swallowed it slowly, his eyes closed.

  • They saw a mass of tough green vines all matted together and writhing and twisting around like a nest of great snakes.

  • Hence the animals have suggested to vivid imaginations the head of the fabled Gorgon or Medusa with her chevelure of writhing snakes.

  • The tree lowered a branch to him, and he wrapped his arms around it.  It was warm and writhing, and one small branch wrapped around him to keep him secure as it shifted him upwards.  Toby broke through the treetops and gasped.

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