All 3 Uses of
writhe
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Under the upswelling tide he saw the writhing weeds lift languidly and sway reluctant arms, hising up their petticoats, in whispering water swaying and upturning coy silver fronds.†
Chpt 3 *writhing = moving in a twisting or contorted motion
- It floats, it flows about her starborn flesh and loose it streams, emerald, sapphire, mauve and heliotrope, sustained on currents of the cold interstellar wind, winding, coiling, simply swirling, writhing in the skies a mysterious writing till, after a myriad metamorphoses of symbol, it blazes, Alpha, a ruby and triangled sign upon the forehead of Taurus.†
Chpt 14
- About his head writhe eels and elvers.†
Chpt 15writhe = move in a twisting or contorted motion
Definition:
to move in a twisting or contorted motion -- often of a person when struggling or in pain