wriggle out of
Example Sentences
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As the dreaded emails started landing in their inboxes last week, many would-be workers were left scrambling, wondering if they needed to cancel travel plans, wriggle out of leases and line up other summer employment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025
“And now you want to wriggle out of it and inconvenience all these people. It just gets you off the hook with your problem killing fish.”
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024
“Somehow I managed to wriggle out of that sweater and kept running,” she recalled.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2023
Rhodes loves to brag about his Yale Law education, which he clearly thought endowed him with the ability to wriggle out of legal consequences.
From Salon • Dec. 12, 2022
I wriggle out of my sleeping bag, roll it up, and place it in the pack.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
