twitch
verb (used with object)
to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck.
is twitching
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present progressiveof twitch (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The NFT market is twitching out of its torpor, defying reports of its demise.
From Reuters ● Feb. 14, 2023
But it comes across as a riotous carnival of motion - the barn, sky, clouds, fence, the very ground itself is twitching and writhing.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2017
The sound of a plane startles him, and his eyelid is twitching.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2015
The first ratings that will include will come out in June. Back in New York, Mike Huckabee is twitching and trembling as he sits behind the boom mike and control board.
From BusinessWeek ● May 17, 2012
But no, look there—the feet are moving and now the nose is twitching, and I cannot believe it but the opossum is not dead at all.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
