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  1. wiggly, wriggling, wriggly, writhingadjective

    moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion

    "wiggly worms"

    Synonyms:
    wriggling, wiggly, sinuous, wriggly, sinuate

    Antonyms:
    nonmoving, unmoving

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  1. Alex Trebek:

    I was on the floor writhing in pain. It went from a 3 to an 11, and it happened three or four times that day while we were taping. So, that was a little rough on me.

  2. Oumou Compaore:

    This was a first for me. It was really interesting... Seeing these dancers writhing like that as well, it made me want to join them.

  3. Guillem Felix:

    We got a second call an hour later to say it had ended up writhing on the sand and the lifeguards had put it back in the water but had subsequently returned to the shoreline.


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