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It was odd; a moment before his insides had been writhing like snakes, but suddenly he didn’t seem to have any insides at all.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

It looked on the rising and the intervention of the Scots as means of freeing it from the control under which it had been writhing since the expulsion of the eleven.

From History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 by Green, John Richard

Then, holding the other as in a vise, the thoughts that had been writhing in his mind for so long came hurtling forth.

From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by Ferguson, W. B. M. (William Blair Morton)

He had been returned to consciousness a short time since, and had been writhing and shuddering against the plate.

From The Red Hell of Jupiter by Ernst, Paul

Here Mr. Pickwick, who had been writhing in silence, gave a violent start, as if some vague idea of assaulting Sergeant Buzfuz, in the august presence of justice and law, suggested itself to his mind.

From Public Speaking by Winter, Irvah Lester