twitch
verb (used with object)
to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck.
have been twitching
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present perfect progressiveof twitch.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Feline lovers in Kenya’s capital have been twitching over the threat of what is perceived as a “cat tax” - and any talk of tax in the East African nation raises the hackles.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024
Nostradamus' whiskers would have been twitching at the fantastic improbability of all of this.
From BBC ● May 6, 2022
And finally, as the people must have been twitching in the pews wondering where this was all going, we get back to the late senator.
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2012
"Oh, not at all," she replied, though I'm sure her lips must have been twitching.
From Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment by George Gibbs
Otherwise he would still have been twitching in such a way that she must have noticed it.
From The Gloved Hand by Burton Egbert Stevenson
