Definitions
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- n. Plural form of writhe.
- v. 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.
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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.
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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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Hamlet writhes around in the soil that covers the stage; the next minute, he starts eating it.
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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.
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In Márai's novels especially, the present moment seems strangely immobile; it is the distant past that writhes with life.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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