squirm
verb (used without object)
to wriggle or writhe.
is squirming
-
present progressiveof squirm (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
None of the footage, or the people who recorded it, show Ellis acting violently toward officers, although he is squirming as the officers described.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
Let me add that I feel overwhelmingly that a student who is squirming and fidgety may not even need to be reprimanded or punished.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2020
There is a scene in The Sixth Sense where tiny Cole, played by Osment, is squirming on the precipice of his bedroom.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2014
Is he the killer on the road whose brain is squirming like a toad, as Jim Morrison once famously put it?
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2012
Meanwhile, Jaimito is squirming around like a crazy puppy.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
