All 8 Uses of
writhe
in
Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Jim writhed himself free.†
Part 1writhed = moved in a twisting or contorted motion
- He writhed back, yelling.†
Part 2
- , Jim's face hidden beneath the street, Will's face hidden beneath the street, tremble, writhe, pinch.†
Part 2writhe = move in a twisting or contorted motion
- Will's father noted the muscles cord along the arms, roping and unroping themselves with a writhe like the puff adders and sidewinders doubtless inked and venomous there.
Part 2 *writhe = twisting or contorted motion
- Jim writhed in the dark.†
Part 2writhed = moved in a twisting or contorted motion
- Both boys writhed in the iron-maiden clutch of hungry saurians and bristly apes.†
Part 2
- Mr. Dark's illustrations writhed with sick sweat as he clenched his fist a final time, but-too late!†
Part 3
- "Evil!" groaned the boy, writhing.†
Part 3writhing = 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