All 3 Uses of
writhe
in
The Silver Chair
- His face was as pale as putty, and he writhed in his bonds.†
Chpt 11 *writhed = moved in a twisting or contorted motion
- The long green train of her skirt thickened and grew solid, and seemed to be all one piece with the writhing green pillar of her interlocked legs.†
Chpt 12writhing = moving in a twisting or contorted motion
- And that writhing green pillar was curving and swaying as if it had no joints, or else were all joints.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
to move in a twisting or contorted motion -- often of a person when struggling or in pain