2 uses
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Definition
to move in a twisting or contorted motion — often of a person when struggling or in pain
- On the south-west corner of some charts are satyrs, hoof deep in foam, listening to the sound of the island, their tails writhing in the waves.p. 64.1
- Arthur cut the ropes and the animals splashed to the ground, writhing free and escaping.p. 182.6
There are no more uses of "writhe" in Running in the Family.
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