wriggle
verb (used without object)
to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
are wriggling
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present progressiveof wriggle.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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“Before you know it, white worms are wriggling and swarming in every garbage bag and along the walls and floors and underlids of every trash can.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
If you are wriggling in the gigantic, sticky net of grief that is our national gloom, falling in with “The Pitt” may not seem like the right medicine for this moment.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
Begin by alternately swaying your hands and feet to the left, then the right, so you are wriggling like a fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2015
The worms are wriggling away, They are what I have been; They will fertilize my clay; The grass will grow more green.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
I shall soon be a skeleton, The worms are wriggling away; They have had such glorious fun, They will fertilize my clay.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
