1
as in twisted
to cause to twine about one another
tends to writhe his fingers together when he's nervous or upset
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as in twitched
to make jerky or restless movements
writhing in pain from his injuries
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Recent Examples of writhed
Ref Bankes initially ignored the wide-eyed protests of several Chelsea players to flash only his yellow card as Garnacho writhed, grimacing on the floor and clutching his left leg.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Doncic writhed below the basket, spending a stoppage of 2-plus minutes with a Lakers trainer kneeling beside him.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026
As a teller activated an alarm and called 911 from under her station desk, Brown writhed on the carpet.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
Skattebo writhed in pain as the training staff came out to attend to him.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Lorde writhed and danced on the b-stage and then launched into her own verse, recorded for the song’s viral remix during the brat-green summer of 2024.
—Rachel Scharf, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2025
Tatum clutched his ankle and writhed in agony on the hardwood of Madison Square Garden before being wheeled to the locker room, head in hands.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
In one clearing a snake writhed in gray mud.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Doncic writhed below the basket, spending a stoppage of 2-plus minutes with a Lakers trainer kneeling beside him.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026
As a teller activated an alarm and called 911 from under her station desk, Brown writhed on the carpet.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
Skattebo writhed in pain as the training staff came out to attend to him.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Lorde writhed and danced on the b-stage and then launched into her own verse, recorded for the song’s viral remix during the brat-green summer of 2024.
—Rachel Scharf, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2025
Tatum clutched his ankle and writhed in agony on the hardwood of Madison Square Garden before being wheeled to the locker room, head in hands.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
In one clearing a snake writhed in gray mud.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for writhed
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Gomez parted her hair in the center and pulled the lengths up, twisted them, and clipped her hair with a medium-sized sheer white claw clip and wrapping some of the lengths over the top of the clip.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
20 Mar. 2026
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That’s because, in her natural state, Krebs is twisted tight as paracord.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
19 Mar. 2026
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Kearse twitched briefly after the lethal drugs began entering his system but stopped moving several minutes later.—
Freida Frisaro,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Through the scope, a polar bear twitched on the ice, 25 yards in front of me.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026
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Our economies are braided together through the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.—
Andy Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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In one moment, Robbie wore a look that puts a spotlight on an emerging designer, Dilara Findikoglu, who created a dress braided with synthetic hair, for the film’s London premiere.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Substitute Nikolas Nartey completed the scoring in stoppage time with another deflected shot that squirmed in off the far post.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Carl squirmed away from some of his earlier remarks minimizing the Holocaust but stood by his views on anti-white persecution and the Great Replacement.—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Irish dance troupes jumped and twisted every few hundred feet while bands armed with drums and bagpipes played plied their trade.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Jobs plied his own connections.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Between each dance was an excruciating silence during which network-TV producers monitored and reset their equipment while the men fidgeted onstage like excitable children.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Children fidgeted in the relentless August heat.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
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During this time, those of us whose lives are entwined with the canyon — hiking guides and river guides, geologists and naturalists, historians and writers — communicated incessantly with one another.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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The club has also been entwined with rap and food culture in Atlanta.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Jordan tossed all 7 innings allowing just 2 hits while striking out 11 and walking 2.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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Everything out of spring training has been promising for Cole, the 2023 American League Cy Young Award winner, who tossed a scoreless inning in his return to game action last week.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Writhed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writhed. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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