squirm
verb (used without object)
to wriggle or writhe.
squirmingly
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a word derived from
squirm.
Example Sentences
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You want it to be deliciously scary, squirmingly exciting; you want to tantalize and shiver the senses and the intellect, not provide fodder for their eventual psychotherapy sessions.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2018
While fashion brands generally eschew the term, squirmingly avoiding its connotations of pumpkin spice lattés and yoga pants, designer Scott Sternberg fully embraced it for his new direct-to-consumer venture, the Entireworld.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2018
Faring rather better is Jesse Plemons, who's always good at finding new uses for that dead-eyed "Breaking Bad" stare, and who has a few squirmingly funny scenes as Max and Annie's super-awkward neighbor, Gary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2018
Intensely, at times squirmingly, intimate, it trots and sometimes meanders down twinned memory lanes as it revisits Ms. Reynolds’s and Ms. Fisher’s lives, their ups and downs, scandals and tchotchkes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2016
"I don't care about goin'," he had protested squirmingly.
From Dust by Marcet Haldeman-Julius
