All 6 Uses of
writhe
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- For a minute or more the hand, with its writhing fingers, protruded out of the floor.†
Chpt 2 *
- I have felt like one of those poor rabbits when the snake is writhing towards it.†
Chpt 5
- She writhed as one who is in terrible pain, and her limbs were dreadfully convulsed.†
Chpt 8
- Making our way among the trees, we reached the lawn, crossed it, and were about to enter through the window when out from a clump of laurel bushes there darted what seemed to be a hideous and distorted child, who threw itself upon the grass with writhing limbs and then ran swiftly across the lawn into the darkness.†
Chpt 8
- As he ran he jerked his hands up and down, waggled his head, and writhed his face into the most extraordinary contortions.†
Chpt 11
- There was the huge famished brute, its black muzzle buried in Rucastle's throat, while he writhed and screamed upon the ground.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(writhe) to move in a twisting or contorted motion -- often of a person when struggling or in pain