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- adjective That
squirms ,writhes orwriggles
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Examples
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"I say, Polly," lie said suddenly; "you don't know how kind of squirmy it made me feel, in there to-day, with all those little fellows, the one with the brace on his ankle, and the one with his eye tied up where they'd taken out a piece, and all the rest of them.
Half a Dozen Girls Anna Chapin Ray 1905
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Rachel Maddow showing us how squirmy mainstream conservative newspaper reporters have to be to keep their jobs.
Nancy Cronk: Rachel Maddow Highlights Ken Buck's Flip-Flops Nancy Cronk 2010
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What's so squirmy about his attacks is they are one of degree, or emphasis, and therefore cannot be easily refuted.
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The squirmy wonders play as nicely in raised beds as they do in a moist compost bin.
Avital Binshtock: Gifts That Keep on Living Avital Binshtock 2011
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Despite being a lactivist and breastfeeding in public, I had decided that this meeting was too important for me to be distracted by a squirmy newborn.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Rachel Maddow showing us how squirmy mainstream conservative newspaper reporters have to be to keep their jobs.
Nancy Cronk: Rachel Maddow Highlights Ken Buck's Flip-Flops Nancy Cronk 2010
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Ms. Fuchs believes the topic of safe sex isn't one where a parent can allow for a child to break down into the giggles and get squirmy.
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A squirmy feeling that had nothing to do with the diary shivered her stomach, and she offered him a more gracious “Thank you.”
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Most of the goats cooperate with the necessary inconvenience of hoof trimming but some are skittish, squirmy, or agitated.
Farm Journal: Harvesting, Husbandry, and Hoof Trimming Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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Despite being a lactivist and breastfeeding in public, I had decided that this meeting was too important for me to be distracted by a squirmy newborn.
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A hypocondriac pony that is incessantly telling the other ponies about their "extreme case" of navicular syndrome, hoof-and-mouth disease, and migraines.
August 8, 2008