writhe
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Instead, they take turns to silently perform a series of moves and poses that look, to the untrained eye, as if they are playing charades or, as they writhe on the ground, breakdancing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
But if you’ve put decades into watching this band, you deserve to see what this incarnation can wrench and writhe into.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
When athletes tear ACLs in other sports, crowds are used to watching them writhe on the ground in agony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Smith began to shake and writhe violently, in thrashing spasms and seizure-like movements, at about 7:58 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
The pitch appears to writhe and squirm, but I know it must just be a trick of the light.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
“The Gilded Age” embarks on its third season as America writhes in what many believe to be its death throes.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025
Through a hole in the circular set, an elevator rises with various set pieces, and most notably, the hospital bed on which Prior writhes in agony, and where he’s nursed by Justin Weaks’s marvelous Belize.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2023
He writhes on the ground before being slumped up against a car, unable to properly sit up himself.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2023
Authorities are not surprised that more bodies are seeing the light of day as Lake Mead writhes in a prolonged drought gripping the West.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2022
The river writhes around his calves, knees, thighs, and then waist.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
It came, it saw, it occasionally flopped and writhed on the grass, but it truly conquered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
"It's all of ours first day," said a curator, re-assembling the artwork as it writhed.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
The anchors made the appropriate comments of shock and grief while I writhed in my seat wondering where all the various fire lines actually were at that moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025
Levis writhed and reached for his left leg, remaining on the turf while medical staff ran out to evaluate him.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
Their shadows writhed against the sides of the well, tall as giants.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
While fishing a canal, I spot an otter as it emerges from the water and climbs onto the opposite bank, clutching a writhing iguana in its paws and then diving back in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
There is no escape: Garbagemen find them in their shoes at night; or writhing in their arm hair; or embedded in their scalps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
On one run in the third quarter, Hernando barreled to the ground after a 10-yard gain — writhing in pain , forcing an injury timeout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025
Moments later, the cat lays purring and writhing on the ground until it "dies".
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
Pong felt those eels in his stomach writhing again, but this time it was seasickness.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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