squirm
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Synonyms
fiddle, fidget, jerk, jig, jiggle, squiggle, thrash, thresh, toss, twist, twitch, wiggle, wriggle, writhe
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To gauge the bot's success, the researchers wanted to see whether the fingers could withstand the forces of the squirming animals. — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, "Cool New Robot Can Grab Squishy Fish Without Hurting Them," 28 Aug. 2019 The ball is popped into the middle of the circle and the players push against each other and gain ground up the pitch until the ball squirms out of the scrum. — SI.com, "5 Weird and Wonderful Laws From Other Sports That Should Be Implemented in Football," 31 July 2019 The song responsible for jolting his career single-handedly shook up the country music genre and caused some listeners to squirm at the thought of a country-rap single topping the Country Billboard charts. — Mikeisha Daché Vaughn, Teen Vogue, "Lil Nas X Has Forever Changed Hip-Hop as an Out, Queer Artist," 30 July 2019 Their eyes on their teacher, a dozen preschoolers squirmed to claim their chance. — Washington Post, "This German city had few foreigners. Then refugees changed it in some surprising ways.," 18 July 2019 Just that one picture of worms squirming in the mouth separated out the conservatives from the liberals with an accuracy of about 83 percent. — Sigal Samuel, Vox, "How your brain invents morality," 8 July 2019 House Democrats can ignore their own multilateral-happy elites and help the president implement his policy in a way that is popular with their base and makes some Republican leaders squirm. — Bobby Jindal, WSJ, "If Democrats Were Shrewd . . .," 30 Dec. 2018 Each day, some 1,600 tons of fish, sea plants, and squirming invertebrates from all over the world poured into the market. — Neil Shea, National Geographic, "Tokyo became a megacity by reinventing itself," 12 June 2019 But Jordan Peele’s new movie Us, in theaters now, presents a new kind of horror heroine—one who doesn’t scream, doesn’t squirm, and definitely doesn’t need a man to save her. — Susan X Jane, Glamour, "In Us, Lupita Nyong’o Is the Horror Heroine We’ve Been Waiting For," 22 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'squirm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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