How to Use writhe in a Sentence

writhe

verb

• She lay on the floor, writhing in pain.
• In the background of the video, Brown can be heard writhing in pain.
  — Deantae Prince, SI.com, 23 May 2018
• FaceTimed her, writhing in pain from the side of a road.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
• Users writhing on the ground, wide-eyed and struggling to breathe.
  — Robert Scheer, Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2018
• Gordon writhed in pain on the ground and took a long time to get up.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• One soldier writhed in pain while the skin seemed to peel off his face.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2017
• After the play, the junior remained down on the field writhing in pain.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Nov. 2019
• All of a sudden, the fans who had been cheering went silent as the Hersey star writhed in pain.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• The Lions recovered and Cook stayed on the ground, writhing in pain.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2017
• Instead, the sick lie on the ground outside, writhing and crying in pain.
  — Mallory Locklear, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2018
• Commuters overcome by the gas were left writhing in pain.
  — Washington Post, 6 July 2018
• Those writhing men on the ceiling, too, might know what is meant by all this handsy back-and-forth.
  — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 24 May 2017
• Cars weave between palm fronds and live power lines, writhing in the wind.
  — Time, 13 Sep. 2017
• Green then stomped his foot down on Sabonis, who screamed out in pain while writhing on the floor.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
• One German soldier screamed in mock pain, writhing on the ground.
  — Brian Albrecht, cleveland.com, 20 Jan. 2018
• Snakes writhed along its body, sometimes in manes around its heads.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
• In the case of the city’s sports venues, that spent dollar starts to fold over, but gets a cramp, pulls up lame and falls to the ground writhing in pain.
  — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2018
• The other left Williams writhing in pain as an errant snap struck him below the belt.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
• The second pour of the patriarch’s bucket writhed with eels—a pound and a half’s worth, all told.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
• The ball careened toward the third base dugout for a single as Hoffman writhed in pain on the mound.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2019
• The hognose snake will feign death by opening its mouth, rolling over on its back, and writhing around.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 11 June 2019
• Sing while lounging atop a grand piano, but stop short of writhing.
  — WSJ, 26 Oct. 2017
• Marqise Lee made the big gain as Hooker lay on the turf, writhing and holding his right knee.
  — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2017
• The first year, though, the warm water attracted mayflies that bred and filled the lake with writhing larvae.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2016
• Watch her resort to drinking water out of the hose and writhe around from the spiciness of the pepper.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• McCullers tagged the bag to ensure an out but writhed in pain thereafter.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 31 May 2018
• Then Ms. Horn and her six-piece band piled into a writhing minor vamp.
  — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 16 May 2017
• For an hour, Sanchez had contractions, writhing in pain and screaming for help, the footage showed.
  — Mariel Padilla, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• Cities writhe with protests opposing a bloody overseas war.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
• The girthy python immediately writhes to break free, then swirling and twisting.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 1 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024