twitching

Example Sentences

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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

Fifteen minutes after Celtic issued the news of Brendan Rodgers' shock resignation via a perfunctory five-paragraph, 134-word statement, the howitzer landed, courtesy of Dermot Desmond, with whiskers twitching in apparent fury.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

First a dung cart rolled down the block, pulled by a scrawny brown horse that kept twitching its muscles to shoo the flies off its back.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan