All 6 Uses

writhe
in
Misery, by Stephen King
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Annie paused at the door and looked back at Paul, who shrieked and writhed in the charred and blood-soaked bed, his face a deathly fading white.†
Chpt 2

writhed = moved in a twisting or contorted motion
Annie was writhing and moaning.†
Chpt 3 *

writhing = moving in a twisting or contorted motion
She writhed and managed to turn over halfway.†
Chpt 3

writhed = moved in a twisting or contorted motion
She screamed like a cat, writhed like a cat, and tried to claw out from under him like a cat.†
Chpt 3
She bucked and writhed under him.†
Chpt 3
Her pulsing throat had swelled up like an inner-tube, and her mouth was writhing.†
Chpt 3

writhing = moving in a twisting or contorted motion

Definitions:

(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)