The baby squirmed a lot when I tried to hold him.
She squirmed under her father's angry stare.
The children squirmed with delight.
He tried to hold onto her but she squirmed free.
The frog squirmed out of his hands.
The gory details of the story had me squirming in my seat.
Recent Examples on the WebThe younger kids played and squirmed through the crowd.—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 7 May 2024 What’s teen-age about it is the combination of squirming lust with an awkwardness, masked by bravado, about where to go from there: on the rare occasions when a man and a woman meet in these paintings, there may be a flurry of loud shapes but never anything resembling an erotic spark.—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 Audience members at the Eccles Theater cheered for several triumphant character moments, laughed at the dark humor and squirmed in their seats during the many ultra-gory scenes.—Variety, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2024 Macdonald had to use her whole body to pin down the squirming shark.—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024 Nicole squirmed in her chair, her Converse high-tops shaking.—Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024 Democrats loved it; Republicans looked on, squirming in their seats as if they’d accidentally been forced to sit through the Democratic National Convention.—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024 The couple’s 5-year-old son, Prince Louis, has become a latter-day version of a young Harry, squirming and making faces at solemn occasions.—Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024 In front of her, several 3-year-olds squirmed on a colorful rug.—Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
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