writhe
verb (used without object)
to twist the body about or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, uncontrolled passion, etc.
have writhed
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present perfectof writhe.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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Anyone in the habit of agonising over England would have writhed anew at the first-half spectacle.
From The Guardian ● May 30, 2010
Slavery has tortured American historians for generations: slavery theses and revisions of them have writhed through the stream of historiography for 150 years or longer.
From Time Magazine Archive
If not for the fifteen years of training, I would have writhed on the floor; I would have had to be held down.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Ah, Ellen would have writhed in her bed had such tidings been borne to her.
From The Wall Between by Sara Ware Bassett
But no footless serpent could have writhed more deftly down than the pine trunk.
From Pretty Michal by Mór Jókai
