twitching

Example Sentences

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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

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

So, within our patch of common ground, all kinds of civic muscles start twitching again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

They’re extinct! he said to himself; swiftly he dragged out his much-creased Sidney's, turned the pages with twitching fingers.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick