squirm
verb (used without object)
to wriggle or writhe.
are squirming
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present progressiveof squirm.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This is the hook on which Twitter executives are squirming.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2019
Two colleagues, in the helicopter’s leather seats across from Bryant, are squirming.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2018
Its setting is ancient Crete, where King Idomeneo and his gang are squirming under the rule of a choleric god.
From Time Magazine Archive
More than 400 people are squirming excitedly on their folding chairs as adrenaline-pumping music blares from four giant speakers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The front seats are mostly occupied by kids who are squirming so nervously, they must be sixth graders.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
