All 5 Uses
writhe
in
Hollow City
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- There was a surreal moment where it was no longer the hollow who was holding Emma but Emma who was holding the hollow, the thing writhing and shrieking below us, the acrid smoke of its burned flesh filling our noses, until finally we had to shout at her to let go, and Emma's eyes flew open again and she seemed to remember where she was and pulled her hands apart.†
p. 72.2writhing = moving in a twisting or contorted motion
- I hobbled after them, my stomach writhing.†
p. 277.2
- One of the women stared blankly at the ceiling, while the other writhed under her sheets, moaning softly, in the grip of some nightmare.†
p. 346.7 *writhed = moved in a twisting or contorted motion
- The nurse gestured toward the writhing woman.†
p. 350.9writhing = moving in a twisting or contorted motion
- I'd gone elsewhere and the room I was in was all black, with ice beneath me, my stomach writhing ... Jacob come here where are you A voice from outside, down the hall—a real voice, not something from a dream.†
p. 374.1
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)