wriggle
verb (used without object)
to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
wriggles
Example Sentences
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Ulster break forward with a darting run from Stuart McCloskey, who gives it out to Rob Baloucoune and runs into trouble as he wriggles his way inside as Clermont survive a scare.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2024
She wriggles her nose, rolls her eyes and turns her face to the side, trying not to completely cast me off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
When a nematode wriggles around a petri dish, what’s going on inside a tiny roundworm’s even tinier brain?
From Scientific American ● Aug. 21, 2023
The pain is in the waiting, for however long that may be, to see how "Strange New Worlds" wriggles the Enterprise out of this bind.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2023
Alan lets go of Dapir and wriggles through the masses to my side.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
