8 uses
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Definition
to move in a twisting or contorted motion — often of a person when struggling or in pain
- 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.2 — Pursuits (47% in)
writhe = twisting or contorted motion
(editor's note: puff adders and sidewinders are types of snakes)
(editor's note: puff adders and sidewinders are types of snakes)
- Jim writhed himself free.1 — Arrivals (79% in)
- He writhed back, yelling.2 — Pursuits (32% in)
- , Jim's face hidden beneath the street, Will's face hidden beneath the street, tremble, writhe, pinch.2 — Pursuits (47% in)
- Jim writhed in the dark.2 — Pursuits (48% in)
- Both boys writhed in the iron-maiden clutch of hungry saurians and bristly apes.2 — Pursuits (91% in)
- Mr. Dark's illustrations writhed with sick sweat as he clenched his fist a final time, but-too late!3 — Departures (29% in)
- "Evil!" groaned the boy, writhing.3 — Departures (70% in)
There are no more uses of "writhe" in Something Wicked This Way Comes.
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