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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of squirm.

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Examples

  • “Things?” she repeated, as if the word squirmed in her mouth.

    Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt 1982

  • “Things?” she repeated, as if the word squirmed in her mouth.

    Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt 1982

  • “Things?” she repeated, as if the word squirmed in her mouth.

    Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt 1982

  • When Rosie brought it up on The View, Baldwin squirmed, suggesting that perhaps they should break for commercial (“Nothing doing,” the child ballerina seemed to say; “take your time”); and finally he admitted that it had been “improper” of him to use the word and that he had really intended the message for his ex-wife, not his child.

    The Passion of Alec Baldwin 2009

  • When Rosie brought it up on The View, Baldwin squirmed, suggesting that perhaps they should break for commercial (“Nothing doing,” the child ballerina seemed to say; “take your time”); and finally he admitted that it had been “improper” of him to use the word and that he had really intended the message for his ex-wife, not his child.

    The Passion of Alec Baldwin 2009

  • He was very drunk but also in control of his "game"... the only time he was shaken was when we asked him what he did, and he kind of squirmed and seemed discomfited when he said he worked for some sort of armed forces website.

    UNUSUAL DATE N A 2010

  • He was very drunk but also in control of his "game"... the only time he was shaken was when we asked him what he did, and he kind of squirmed and seemed discomfited when he said he worked for some sort of armed forces website.

    Archive 2010-05-01 N A 2010

  • Now, it may be true, as Jason insists, that at the point we reached the marble floor, I "squirmed".

    Archive 2006-11-01 Hal Duncan 2006

  • Now, it may be true, as Jason insists, that at the point we reached the marble floor, I "squirmed".

    WFC Hal Duncan 2006

  • Upon it were placed, first, myself (the centre figure), on one side my husband, exempt from duty for the day, on the other my little boy, who, far from appreciating the intended honor, immediately "squirmed" down, and ran off on a tour of investigation through the camp.

    Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers

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