wiggle
verb (used without object)
to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side.
are wiggling
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present progressiveof wiggle.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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But the most likely answer is that particles of pollution are "wiggling their way through the lining of the blood vessels and lodging in various organs".
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
FAU — the dream has gone mad enough that it really does feel as if the eyelids are wiggling and the characters are all out of whack.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2023
His legs are wiggling like spaghetti in a dance of feigned terror.
From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2018
All of these atoms are wiggling about in space; the higher the temperature, the faster the atoms wiggle.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
The box’s atoms are wiggling around, and they will bump the banana’s atoms and set them in motion again.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
