All 3 Uses
writhe
in
The Silver Chair
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- 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
Definitions:
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(1)
(writhe) to move in a twisting or contorted motion -- often of a person when struggling or in pain
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)