2 uses
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Definition
to move in a twisting or contorted motion — often of a person when struggling or in pain
- After one shocked stare, the family downed the mess in a silence that made Kit writhe.p. 48.9
- Back at the shore Hannah received the writhing bundle with joy and climbed obediently into the rowboat.p. 192.8
There are no more uses of "writhe" in The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
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