Squirm is an English word with synonyms like wriggle or move. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Squirm meaning
- To twist one's body with snakelike motions.
- To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.
- To evade a question, an interviewer etc.
Using Squirm
- The main meaning on this page is: To twist one's body with snakelike motions. | To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment. | To evade a question, an interviewer etc.
- Useful related words include: wriggle, move, worm, wrestle.
- In the example corpus, squirm often appears in combinations such as: to squirm, squirm out, squirm away.
Context around Squirm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Squirm
- In this selection, "squirm" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, leadership, artist, witold, away, confess and pass stand out and add context to how "squirm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a body squirm and and sister squirm. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "squirm" sits close to words such as ablation, abure and abvp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with squirm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
How Brook has made the team’s leadership squirm. (9 words)
It’s so funny to watch you idiots squirm. (9 words)
They instead squirm as Cam Newton relearns the quarterback position. (10 words)
The challenge runs Bearzly routinely pulls off remind me of the squirm-inducing news story of a man from Northern California who amputated his own left leg just below the knee with pocket knives after being pinned beneath a fallen tree for 11 hours. (44 words)
Inevitably they would open the posh door or shabby hole in the wall some hiding their faces and Mr. Diaz, gaining entry with video tape rolling following the action, and viewers saw the cheater, conman, or fraud artist squirm or not answer questions. (43 words)
As for why Cassie is willing to lie, she knows taking her closest rival in Beth out would be better for her progress right now, and also, it'd be a great way to watch Bette's mom and sister squirm. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
How Brook has made the team’s leadership squirm.
Inevitably they would open the posh door or shabby hole in the wall some hiding their faces and Mr. Diaz, gaining entry with video tape rolling following the action, and viewers saw the cheater, conman, or fraud artist squirm or not answer questions.
I resist Papa God’s nudge as I squirm back into my comfort zone.
The official was seen in the footage struggling to keep her down as she tried to squirm out of his grasp and towards her lawyer.
The woman and the man – Beatriz and Witold – squirm away when he tries to nail them down, the process of writing a sort of alchemy.
In this light, it makes watching Donny squirm under Martha's proverbial thumb feel somewhat justified — at least until Martha sexually assaults him by the canal.
Those folks are generally at ease, but for those facing charges, there’s nothing quite like a day in court to make a body squirm.
As for why Cassie is willing to lie, she knows taking her closest rival in Beth out would be better for her progress right now, and also, it'd be a great way to watch Bette's mom and sister squirm.
It’s so funny to watch you idiots squirm.
The theatre of the courtroom was necessary because courts were the only places where the police – endowed with limitless powers by the state – could be made to answer, squirm, confess.
They instead squirm as Cam Newton relearns the quarterback position.
They tried to squirm and shake free, but I wouldn’t let go.
After a good haul, Bryan Gates puts his Nissan Sentra in park and pulls out two pillow cases that writhe and squirm by his side.
Even though she is confined to the opposition, the 69 year-old senator can make bankers and government officials squirm with tough questions from her perch on the Senate finance committee.
No. I’m sure every fan would love to see Goodell squirm in a deposition, pressed hard by an attorney.
Not one to let a moment to make his guests squirm pass by, Andy asked Elizabeth if she would ever date someone who smoked.
She started by using her inauguration speech to give the aldermen a visual demonstration that the public is on her side in her call for reform, employing the audience at the Wintrust Arena to help make them squirm.
The challenge runs Bearzly routinely pulls off remind me of the squirm-inducing news story of a man from Northern California who amputated his own left leg just below the knee with pocket knives after being pinned beneath a fallen tree for 11 hours.
This is just the latest in a stunning series of steps the administration has taken to dismantle programs that defend the environment, partly for profit, partly for the joy of watching liberals squirm and driving our foreign allies to helpless despair.
All you do is turn the thing on, squirm around a little, and use a little TP to pat dry.
Common combinations with squirm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to squirm 4×
- squirm out 2×
- squirm away 2×
- squirm and 2×
- and squirm 2×
- squirm in 2×