wriggle
verb (used without object)
to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
is wriggling
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present progressiveof wriggle (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 Italian is a little too polite to be elbowing the traditional big sports off the sports pages but he has at least ensured that the competition is wriggling its way into the picture.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2012
His memoir is wriggling and alive — as involving, and as layered, as a good coming-of-age novel.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2010
But there it is, wriggling for its freedom.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Each is wriggling about like a snake in the presence of an ichneumon.
From Great Britain and the American Civil War by Ephraim Douglass Adams
He is wriggling a little faster too, because Ursa Major is on one side of him and Ursa Minor on the other.
From The Star People by Gaylord Johnson
