writhing
present participle ofwrithe
| 单词 | writhing |
| 释义 | writhing present participle ofwrithe writhe verb[I] uk/raɪð/us/raɪð/to makelargetwistingmovementswith thebody: Thepainwas sounbearablethat he was writhinginagony. She was writhingaround/abouton theground. informal toexperiencea verydifficultorunpleasantsituationoremotion, such asextremeembarrassment: He and four othersenatorswere writhing in theglareofunfavourablepublicity. Bending, twisting and curving
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Experiencing and suffering Examplesofwrithingwrithing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He finished the rest of the song on his back,writhing, squirming and shouting out the lyrics. From theCambridge English Corpus All these behaviors can be plausibly seen as part of an overall behavioral pattern ofwrithingor squirming. From theCambridge English Corpus Thewrithingserpent passing through this item is clearly not par t of the static ceremonial bar. From theCambridge English Corpus Facial expressions of pain appear to be part of a rather elementary pain response ofwrithing, which would seem to serve the function of getting rid of the painful stimulus. From theCambridge English Corpus Slithery rising and falling glissandi in strings and woodwind depict thewrithingserpent, over which a keening oboe melody lets some light in on the score. From theCambridge English Corpus The wrapping may have changed, but the rotten can ofwrithingsnakes is still inside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He can also ignore his predecessor who is stillwrithingwith the phantoms that haunted her during her premiership. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has been unable to deny it, despite his wriggling andwrithing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is still there,writhingon the floor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 With muchwrithingand anguish, he has given birth to that fine new beast "the principal council". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The vision of that classroom full of children with only one footwrithingaround on the floor has never left me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think he has given them an impossible task, under which they are nowwrithingin misery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We see a worldwrithing, as it were, in a purgatory of its own making. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We see the worldwrithingas it were in a purgatory of its own making. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely our country, viewed from the air, will look like a series ofwrithing, intertwined snakes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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