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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REVIEW: Jesse Plemons has a few squirmingly funny scenes as the super-awkward neighbor in 'Game Night' »
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2018
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
"Even when these lines are delivered by the fragrant Naomi Watts, doing her level best with a squirmingly embarrassing script, this film is still atrocious and intrusive," wrote Kate Muir in the Times newspaper.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2013
"I don't care about goin'," he had protested squirmingly.
From Dust by Marcet Haldeman-Julius
