writhen
Americanadjective
verb
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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 Literature
Each grain of writhen dust, that drapes That sickly, staring shore, Its old chaotic change of shapes Remembers evermore.
From Project Gutenberg
Methought his detestable features at length enlarged, moved, and were writhen in mockery and scorn.
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Chester Kent stooped over the writhen face, again peering close.
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But it seemed as though by a fire within Her writhen limbs were wrung; And as soon as the King was close to her, She stood up gaunt and strong.
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