writhe
verb (used without object)
to twist the body about or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, uncontrolled passion, etc.
had writhed
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past perfectof writhe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But in the statement he said sea snakes had "writhed in agony" and marine life had suffered after some 25,000 litres of condensate leaked from an underwater hose.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
Nickleby broke off with an oath, still smarting under the jibes which the caustic Mr. Ferguson had levelled at him, and beneath which the President of the Interprovincial had writhed in humiliation.
From Every Man for Himself by Hopkins Moorhouse
There had been many more of these degrading travesties on the sacred game, and I had writhed to see them.
From The Clicking of Cuthbert by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
The condition of the tangled palms was as though they had writhed in agony and been uprooted at last by giant hands.
From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Thelma Gooch
He had writhed before in the embrace of interminable hours, hours that seemed never to arrive.
From Erik Dorn by Ben Hecht
