twitch
verb (used with object)
to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck.
have twitched
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present perfectof twitch.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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Someone’s antenna must have twitched, because coaches took a look at the transcript and began mumbling about eligibility issues.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2015
Something may have twitched under his comfortable waistcoat, also.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
My arms must have twitched at the thought, for she gave a sudden frightened start, and shifted in her seat.
From Wanderers by W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander) Worster
But that stub could have twitched, and wanted desperately to twitch, only she would not let it.
From Children of the Wild by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
Some muscle must have twitched, for he understood and leaped into the air with a croak of mortal fright.
From Roof and Meadow by Dallas Lore Sharp
