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
We have been "Dear Albened" to near death and personalitied until we are squirming.
From Time Magazine Archive
Politicians in the states that will gain revenue are squirming over what to do with their potential embarrassment of riches.
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
