All 6 Uses of
writhe
in
Wuthering Heights
- How I writhed, and yawned, and nodded, and revived!†
Chpt 3 *writhed = moved in a twisting or contorted motion
- The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails!†
Chpt 14writhe = move in a twisting or contorted motion
- Is it not sufficient for your infernal selfishness, that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell?'†
Chpt 15
- ' "Oh, if God would but give me strength to strangle him in my last agony, I'd go to hell with joy," groaned the impatient man, writhing to rise, and sinking back in despair, convinced of his inadequacy for the struggle.†
Chpt 17writhing = moving in a twisting or contorted motion
- Linton had slid from his seat on to the hearthstone, and lay writhing in the mere perverseness of an indulged plague of a child, determined to be as grievous and harassing as it can.†
Chpt 23
- In vain she wept and writhed against the interdict, and implored her father to have pity on Linton: all she got to comfort her was a promise that he would write and give him leave to come to the Grange when he pleased; but explaining that he must no longer expect to see Catherine at Wuthering Heights.†
Chpt 24writhed = moved in a twisting or contorted motion
Definition:
to move in a twisting or contorted motion -- often of a person when struggling or in pain