Wondering how to use Writhe in a sentence? Below are 8 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as wrestle or wriggle.
Writhe meaning
- To twist, wring (something).
- To contort (a part of the body).
- To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.
Using Writhe
- The main meaning on this page is: To twist, wring (something). | To contort (a part of the body). | To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.
- Useful related words include: wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm.
- In the example corpus, writhe often appears in combinations such as: writhe and.
Context around Writhe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Writhe
- In this selection, "writhe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bodies, paul, horses and underneath stand out and add context to how "writhe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as in writhe and cases that writhe and squirm. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "writhe" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with writhe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The maggots, starved for oxygen, writhe and jump in the bag, creating a "pitter-patter" sound. (16 words)
The original in MischMasch notes that 'slithy' means "smooth and active" The i is long, as in writhe. (18 words)
In the video, the man slithers up to the police vehicle and then continues to writhe underneath the car. (19 words)
He says, "It is of the vilest baseness to use horses in the war," when the group hears several wounded horses writhe and scream for a long time before dying during a bombardment. (33 words)
If you can stand getting close enough, it's like a scene from a horror movie — countless long, dark bodies writhe and wriggle inside a silky sack of creepiness. (29 words)
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. (25 words)
Example sentences (8)
If you can stand getting close enough, it's like a scene from a horror movie — countless long, dark bodies writhe and wriggle inside a silky sack of creepiness.
On their new self-released download, Dobkin’s electronics shimmer and writhe like something growing under the light of Sargent’s carefully spaced harmonics.
In the video, the man slithers up to the police vehicle and then continues to writhe underneath the car.
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.
Four women—Alina Lopez, Angela White, Autumn Falls, and Lena Paul—writhe in pleasure on the table-bed as Ferrara moves along its edges.
He says, "It is of the vilest baseness to use horses in the war," when the group hears several wounded horses writhe and scream for a long time before dying during a bombardment.
The maggots, starved for oxygen, writhe and jump in the bag, creating a "pitter-patter" sound.
The original in MischMasch notes that 'slithy' means "smooth and active" The i is long, as in writhe.
Common combinations with writhe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: