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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2
as in twitched
to make jerky or restless movements
writhing in pain from his injuries
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Recent Examples of writhed
Lesnar smiled as Femi writhed in pain from the multiple finishing moves.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
While family members and peers in Yuba City waited for more information, Burris writhed deeper into the bus, and responders in Martinez formulated a plan to rescue the people left inside.
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Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
His fingers splayed and writhed like a terrible mandible.
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Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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.
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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.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Dec. 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.
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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.
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Andy Scholes,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
While family members and peers in Yuba City waited for more information, Burris writhed deeper into the bus, and responders in Martinez formulated a plan to rescue the people left inside.
—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
His fingers splayed and writhed like a terrible mandible.
—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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.
—
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for writhed
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The wife of friend Isaac Leonard Ellwood suggested that two wires twisted together would hold the nail in place better — and the inexpensive yet effective design stuck.
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The boardwalk was annihilated up and down the peninsula, crushed into pieces and twisted up like a wooden snake.
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Many a club’s board would have twitched in the face of the bare data, but the chain of command above Arteta stayed the course, and the FOMO is so high that tickets for Palace away this weekend are going for £45,000 ($60,000) on resale sites.
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My jaw twitched uncontrollably.
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Quen Blackwell’s hair is braided and pulled into a delicate updo that adds volume and structure to her look.
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To have those two things braided together, the pain and then the relief.
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Belloumi’s 64th-minute strike with his left foot broke the deadlock in the second game of the two-leg affair and Gelhardt made sure with a low shot that squirmed past the Millwall goalkeeper.
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His Japanese guest, usually a paragon of diplomatic cool, visibly squirmed.
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Tsietsi sent one of them to the front as a lookout, while the others eagerly plied him with questions about his activities.
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As Levenson makes clear, these three arguments have been plied for as long as vaccines have.
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One woman ordered some home furniture while two children fidgeted nearby.
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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.
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And just as economic opportunities are entwined with our political history, they're seen today just as defining as democracy itself.
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Rubio has tried to separate the Israel-Lebanon talks from the US-Iran negotiations, even as Iran has repeatedly insisted that the issues are entwined.
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The governor, at first, tossed the question to Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper.
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But the referee caught him and tossed him from the match.
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“Writhed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writhed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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