squirm
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Others squirm with embarrassment, especially in Kettering, which used to be better known for its shoe factories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Eight years later, he’s back in office, and giving soccer fans eager to watch the tournament this summer good reasons to squirm.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026
Honnold, who is married with two young children, knows that watching his climb will make viewers squirm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Elsewhere, the audio drops out completely, replaced by the noise of a ticking clock that lingers just long enough to make the viewer squirm in their seat.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2025
Mother and daughter stared at each other for so many seconds, Ivy started to squirm.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
A new study from two University of Chicago scientists has revealed how HIV squirms its way into the nucleus as it invades a cell.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2024
Saqib Mahmood squirms slightly in his seat as an awkward, embarrassed smile sweeps across his face.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2022
Claireth Mendoza's six-year-old son Drake squirms in his mother's lap.
From Reuters ● Aug. 12, 2022
Cross squirms and kicks, knocking the wipes off the warmer as I punch a perfect glob of sanitizer into the center of my palm.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2022
I lunge across the treehouse to hug her, but she squirms away, dropping the thing she had in her lap.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
With each stride, I squirmed deeper into the Florsheims’ tapered toes in a vain effort to spare my chafing heels.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
Diarra's penalty was poor, but hit diving keeper Karl Darlow on the hip and squirmed into the net.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
I squirmed, then froze in my chair, trying to conceal my cringe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Miller and Ruffin were thrilled to find their missing cat, but as Ruffin carried Mr. Thelma across their scorched property on the way to their car, the feline squirmed and clawed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2025
Seed Collector squirmed as Spider crawled by it.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Paramount Skydance isn’t putting up too much of its own cash, but holy God is it adding a lot to the $14 billion in debt already squirming on its balance sheet.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
Skeptics who had been perplexed by Mr. Gehry’s squirming metallic shapes suddenly found them perfectly comprehensible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Six chilling charts to send investors squirming this Hallowe’en.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
Footage showed the horizontal equine squirming and struggling as a firefighter and a veterinarian assisted him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025
The water in it and the squirming newt splashed out all over Miss Trunchbull's enormous bosom.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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