0 present participle of writhe
1 to make large twisting movements with the body:
The pain was so unbearable that he was writhing in agony.
She was writhing around/about on the ground.
He and four other senators were writhing in the glare of unfavourable publicity.
He finished the rest of the song on his back, writhing, squirming and shouting out the lyrics.
All these behaviors can be plausibly seen as part of an overall behavioral pattern of writhing or squirming.
The writhing serpent passing through this item is clearly not par t of the static ceremonial bar.
Facial expressions of pain appear to be part of a rather elementary pain response of writhing, which would seem to serve the function of getting rid of the painful stimulus.
Slithery rising and falling glissandi in strings and woodwind depict the writhing serpent, over which a keening oboe melody lets some light in on the score.
The wrapping may have changed, but the rotten can of writhing snakes is still inside.
He can also ignore his predecessor who is still writhing with the phantoms that haunted her during her premiership.
He has been unable to deny it, despite his wriggling and writhing.
