writhen
Americanadjective
verb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of writhen
Example Sentences
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They lit a fire in a hollow, down among the roots of a spreading hawthorn, tall as a tree, writhen with age, but hale in every limb.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Keen rushed the light In quivering splendor from the writhen flash; Strong though they were, intolerable smote Their orbs of sight, and with bedimming glare Scorched up their blasted vision.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Marcius Willson
Her eyes are alive, arresting and haunting; and there is still a turn of delicate beauty and pride in her indomitable chin; but her cheeks are wasted and lined, her mouth writhen and piteous.
From Getting Married by Bernard Shaw
He has drawn back a pace or two, and now stands leaning against one of the bent and writhen trunks of the old trees.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
“I’ll give my father up,” returned Herrick with a writhen smile.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
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