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- noun Plural form of
writhe . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
writhe .
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Examples
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For instance, his heart "writhes" within him, the "terrors of death" are on him, "fear and trembling" are come on him, and "horror" has covered him.
The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms Alexander Maclaren 1868
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Then he touches the girl and the sweetness of him is pouring out onto the bed sheets, it spills amber colored as the girl writhes under him.
Ash Susan Tepper 2012
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"I want you to make my brain stop talking to me!" he implores Cheryl as he writhes around on the floor during rehearsal.
'Dancing with the Stars' rock week: We watch so you don't have to Lisa de Moraes 2010
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Based on the resulting donations from a "serious" fundraising effort, it has become apparent that the ideas of the Palin machine are like Dracula; Having been in daylight, it writhes and dissolves from it's nature.
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Below, witness Miley as she writhes around on an unmade bed in what looks to be a seedy motel room and does her best impression of a table-top dancing stripper while wearing leather hot pants.
Miley Cyrus's new video: Too sexy for 17? Liz Kelly 2010
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Hamlet writhes around in the soil that covers the stage; the next minute, he starts eating it.
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My forearms look even darker pressed on the outside of her pink-white shoulders, and she writhes beneath me like a tide that carries me out.
Taxonomies Jason Lee Miller 2011
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In Márai's novels especially, the present moment seems strangely immobile; it is the distant past that writhes with life.
A Hungarian Novelist's Literature of Fidelity Eric Ormsby 2011
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On stage she sports a varied array of sequined bikinis and fishnet tights, while she is handcuffed in a cage and a prison guard writhes against her.
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Preparing for her first new single in two years, the 41-year-old shows off her famous derriere in a scantily clad outfit as she writhes around with half-naked men and women.
oroboros commented on the word writhes
Contains 11 personal pronouns (including possessives): I; it; its; he; his; her; hers; she; we; their; theirs!
May 12, 2009