twitch
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Over time, their muscles developed more slow twitch fibers, which are linked to greater endurance.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026
"Every time he gets an opportunity it's quick twitch and ready to go. I've never seen a guy who prepares himself every day like he's gonna start and play 48 minutes."
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
The high-strung kid is pure nerve and he even looks like one, too; he’s the embodiment of a twitch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
His face is so expressive, every twitch will reach the back row of an audience.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
His gray fur looks soft, and his whiskers twitch as he gets closer, like he’s trying to get a sniff of me.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
“There were moments, there were twitches, there were things — I thought I was having pinched nerves in my neck, and they were quite frequent,” Andrews said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Mice receiving 4e showed significantly fewer head twitches, which scientists use as a reliable indicator of psychedelic-like activity in rodents, than mice treated with psilocybin.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
By subconsciously mirroring even the subtlest twitches of expression and biological rhythms of other people, we can channel their thoughts and feelings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
There were cases of dementia, weight loss, unsteadiness, jerking movements and facial twitches.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
She smiles and the scar on her cheek twitches a little.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
She had been struggling with an ankle injury and said she "twitched" her neck during podium training on Thursday.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
As the hours went on, Spiderman twitched less.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2023
As she listened to her girlfriend on the phone, Sophie began hyperventilating and sobbing in heaves; her hands and toes twitched.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
His backside twitched, but his attention remained glued to picking away at his claw jam.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
It “often begins with muscle twitching and weakness in an arm or leg, trouble swallowing, or slurred speech,” the clinic said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Someone might have blepharospasms, a dystonia affecting the muscles around the eyes, which results in uncontrollable twitching and blinking.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
We glided along the crowded test route, the steering wheel twitching with small, silent, necessary adjustments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
And right now, with the yield curve doing interpretive dance and credit spreads twitching like a politician’s eye during a deposition, banks have decided that the most profitable thing they can do is absolutely nothing.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 5, 2025
“I see,” the social worker said, his smile twitching up his beard.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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