How do you use Wriggled in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Wriggled meaning
simple past and past participle of wriggle
Using Wriggled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of wriggle
- In the example corpus, wriggled often appears in combinations such as: wriggled free, wriggled out, and wriggled.
Context around Wriggled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wriggled
- In this selection, "wriggled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lacazette, victim, sensationally, free, clear and off stand out and add context to how "wriggled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as he wriggled free and and as lacazette wriggled free inside. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wriggled" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wriggled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The western Europe, somehow, wriggled out it, at least for now. (11 words)
In a separate question, kids were asked: "She wriggled back inside the tent. (13 words)
Bayley immediately wriggled off of Mount Jax and knocked Tamina off the ring apron. (14 words)
He wriggled free of his first test of the night in the opening game with Djokovic producing some miraculous returns, saving a break point before holding, while performing a similar trick in his second service game of the match. (39 words)
Governor Abiodun said the country has proven to be an enigma by defying all predictions by pundits that it would not survive, adding that “Nigeria has always wriggled out of the most difficult situation better. (35 words)
Either in dumbfounded joy, PSG’s players having sensationally wriggled out of trouble, or in utter despair, Atalanta seemingly having done enough to shock tonight’s favourites and make it to the semis. (33 words)
Example sentences (15)
As the victim “wriggled” to escape, the defendant put his left arm around his neck and pushed down on the man’s head with his right.
In a separate question, kids were asked: "She wriggled back inside the tent.
Either in dumbfounded joy, PSG’s players having sensationally wriggled out of trouble, or in utter despair, Atalanta seemingly having done enough to shock tonight’s favourites and make it to the semis.
Governor Abiodun said the country has proven to be an enigma by defying all predictions by pundits that it would not survive, adding that “Nigeria has always wriggled out of the most difficult situation better.
The western Europe, somehow, wriggled out it, at least for now.
Dane Coles produced a basketball offload to Anton Lienert-Brown, who wriggled in from the touchline to put Scott Barrett in. New Zealand have all-court players everywhere.
Humphrey said she lunged onto the floor and wriggled over to Williams and replaced his hands with her own to apply pressure to the wounds.
On at the break and nearly an instant impact as he wriggled free and curled a wicked shot just wide.
Six minutes later, Messi Bouli wriggled clear of Albert Serran to latch on to a long goal kick from Rehenesh TP, finding himself one-on-one with Bengaluru custodian Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.
Bayley immediately wriggled off of Mount Jax and knocked Tamina off the ring apron.
But Arsenal rallied and deservedly secured themselves a 1-1 draw as Lacazette wriggled free inside the box before curling home with eight minutes remaining.
Eight minutes later VAR was deployed to confirm an own goal from defender Jorge Pulido, who got his foot to Jordi Alba’s cutback before it wriggled past Werner and into the net.
He wriggled free of his first test of the night in the opening game with Djokovic producing some miraculous returns, saving a break point before holding, while performing a similar trick in his second service game of the match.
Lacazette wriggled free inside the box before curling home superbly from an acute angle to secure a draw that still sees Jurgen Klopp’s men move top of the Premier League.
On one occasion, during a papal audience, Pius X was holding a paralyzed child who wriggled free from his arms and then ran around the room.
Common combinations with wriggled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: