Rick Wilson

It's become a cliche to stare in mute horror at Donald Trump's endless stream of Twitter vomit, wondering what chthonic god finds pleasure in watching us writhe as Trump brings out the very worst in his followers and new levels of willful ignorance from Republicans determined to see no evil, no matter how in their face that evil is.

American Author

W. E. B. Du Bois

St. Louis sprawls where mighty rivers meet - as broad as Philadelphia, but three stories high instead of two, with wider streets and dirtier atmosphere, over the dull-brown of wide, calm rivers. The city overflows into the valleys of Illinois and lies there, writhing under its grimy cloud.

American Writer

Franz Kafka

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.

Novelist

Michelle Huneven

Writers can take offense when someone asks what's real or autobiographical in our work because, to us, that's not what counts. The bits taken from life are tiny scales on the dragon's tail - what about that whole beautiful writhing, fire-breathing dragon?

American Novelist

Steven Berkoff

When I have criticism that I feel is unfair, the rejection does disturb me, but it also strengthens me. I used to get turned down for all sorts of jobs. I used to writhe in pain, but then I would say, 'Good. Good. I will get stronger for this.

English Actor

Dawn Foster

Hospitals are often grim places: being stuck on a ward is excruciatingly boring, especially when you're too ill to follow the plot of a book, and struggling to sleep through the guttural cries of people writhing in agony in adjacent beds.

British Journalist

James Larkin

The souls you have got cast upon the screen of publicity appear like the horrid and writhing creatures enlarged from the insect world, and revealed to us by the cinematograph.

Irish Activist

Theresa Rebeck

Sometimes I feel that my job on earth is to put Julie White through horrible things, watch her writhe and then recover.

American Playwright

Charlie Pierce

At the time of his death, John Kennedy had a national security establishment that was a writhing ball of snakes.

American Journalist

Anna Held

I want to see people turn and writhe; make them feel things they cannot see and sometimes do not know.

Polish Entertainer

Use 'writhe' to describe intense physical pain, as if twisting one's body uncontrollably.

Physical Torment

'Writhe' can be used figuratively to describe someone suffering, not always physically visible.

Not Literal

Describing someone as 'writhing' creates a strong visual image of suffering.

Powerful Imagery

'Writhe' suggests a strenuous effort to move or get into a certain position.

Effortful Movement

The movement implied by 'writhe' is often awkward or uncomfortable.

Awkward Motion

Use 'writhe' to denote a struggle, particularly in context of escaping or being trapped.

Intense Struggle

Use 'writhe' to express severe emotional discomfort, especially from embarrassment.

Embarrassment Amplified

'Writhe' vividly describes internal, psychological suffering that's as intense as physical pain.

Mental Anguish

People can 'writhe' quietly without showing outward signs, indicating hidden turmoil.

Silent Suffering

 and in milliseconds, a trapdoor swings open and sucks her in. Trapped half in and half out, she struggles to free herself while the part of her body inside the plant gets digested. Over the next few hours, her writhing sets the trap off repeatedly, each time bringing her deeper into the plant

The wild world of...

 get yourself along to a residential conference of senior academics and pop into the discotheque on the final night. And there, you will see it. Grown men and women writhing uncontrollably, off the beat.

Do schools kill...

 begin to bring particles of soil and place them on the slug in this way the slime is soaked up like ink on blotting paper gradually the slug disappears under a writhing mass of earth and ants

Ants Devour Slug Alive!...

 axes during the equinoxes shadows cast by the railings create the illusion of a writhing serpent body descending the northern steps where it joins the carved serpents head at the base of the

Equinoxes PIPE National...

 Hunger claws at your grumbling belly. It tugs at your intestines, which begin to writhe, aching to be fed. Being hungry generates a powerful, often unpleasant physical sensation

How does your body know...

 At the beginning of week three, my world got very dark. I basically stopped eating, and I barely slept at all thanks to the jitters that would keep me writhing all night.

The agony of opioid...

 Loki the mischief-maker, was writhing uncomfortably in Thor’s iron grip. The previous night, while the rest of the gods slept, he’d snuck up on Thor’s wife

How Thor got his hammer...

 Three fearsome figures haunted his a massive, writhing shadow; a shambling, rotting corpse; and worst of all, a monstrous beast with a deadly bite.

The myth of Loki’s...

 this cave is an amazing cave to film in it's full of life i mean it's writhing with cockroaches it's not everybody's cup of tea

Filming Inside a Cave...

 ink on blotting paper gradually the slug disappears under a writhing mass of earth and ants

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