wriggle
verb (used without object)
to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
has wriggled
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present perfectof wriggle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He’s the guy whose surname has wriggled into the Australian dialect as a way of describing unexpected victory.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
Jacob Zuma, the Houdini of South African politics, has wriggled free from numerous attempts to oust him since becoming president in 2009.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2017
Photograph: Getty Images In the last few years, Iggy Pop has wriggled out some of the strangest career moves since Julian Cope decided in 1984 that everyone would be wearing giant turtle shells that season.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2010
For more than a year wily Pietro Nenni, egg-bald boss of Italy's Socialist Party, has wriggled uneasily under public pressure for a merger between his forces and Giuseppe Saragat's small but influential Social Democratic Party.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has wriggled out and run away; and he is dancing a jig on top of the cupboard!
From The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter
