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squirming



ADJECTIVE
writhing
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Mr. Ireland indicates the uneven power dynamics involved when Leigh, though squirming at the idea, is needled into answering the same repulsive question, settling on Margaret Thatcher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

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

The participants, who have spent the last hour squirming, shaking and humming, cross the invisible threshold.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

Six chilling charts to send investors squirming this Hallowe’en.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

But at last we spread our blankets over the squirming straw and sat on them.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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