wiggling

Example Sentences

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He picks up the story of his tongue: “They laid it out there and it was wiggling around,” he says, grinning before turning serious again.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

You can bet that most Americans, meanwhile, will be wiggling their hips to “Dákiti.”

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025

Jared Isaacman emerged first, wiggling his limbs, hands and feet to test his suit.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

An accountant exasperatingly asks for a ballpark figure, and Escola’s Bernadette, wiggling like a charmed snake with their hands on their hips, asks, “Is this a ballpark figure?”

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024

I stand, stretch—first back, lowering my snout almost to the dirt, then forward, extending each of my legs and wiggling my toes.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz