Both Uses of
writhe
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- He had got completely away from everyone, like a tortoise in its shell, and even the sight of a servant girl who had to wait upon him and looked sometimes into his room made him writhe with nervous irritation.†
Chpt 1.3 *writhe = move in a twisting or contorted motion
- Why, you sat on your chair in a way you never do sit, on the edge somehow, and you seemed to be writhing all the time.†
Chpt 3.4writhing = moving in a twisting or contorted motion
Definition:
to move in a twisting or contorted motion -- often of a person when struggling or in pain