writhing
Example Sentences
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Across the globe, Florence is wrenching Freddie from writhing on the floor to buck him up for the imminent match.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
And that’s kind of what happened until her final hours when her breathing became so labored she was writhing and wrenching herself upright trying to get air.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
James Garfield’s assassination in 1881 involved 79 days of writhing medical purgatory.
From Slate • Aug. 9, 2024
Strips of sticky paper are dangling from the ceiling, writhing with trapped and dying flies.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2024
She squinted at him writhing in her hands, acutely aware of the huge battle raging on her block, her mami caught up in the midst of it.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
Vocabulary lists containing writhing
Stargirl
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The Dragonet Prophecy
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