squirm
verb (used without object)
to wriggle or writhe.
had squirmed
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past perfectof squirm.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It had floated past with its door open as he thrashed in the water, and he had squirmed into it, ridden it like a boat and been dumped by it on his schoolmate’s back.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2017
One ballerina, who would speak only on condition of anonymity, said she had squirmed out of her arrangement as tactfully as possible in the hope of avoiding a confrontation.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2013
Clippard had squirmed out of another teeth-clenching jam the previous inning, the kind of strain for outs that had become his new norm this season.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2012
For months, National Tea Co., sixth largest U.S. retail grocery chain, had squirmed under the critical gaze of one of its new stockholders.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Grievers pulsating, bulbous body had squirmed halfway through the destroyed window, metallic arms with pincers snapping and clawing in all directions.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
