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Grammar : Verb
Spell : rahyth
Phonetic Transcription : raɪð



Definition of writhe

Origin :
  • Old English wriðan "to twist or bend," earlier "to bind or fetter," from Proto-Germanic *writhanan (cf. North Frisian wrial, Old High German ridan, Old Norse riða, Middle Swedish vriþa, Middle Danish vride), from PIE *wreit- "to turn, bend" (see wreath). Related: Writhed; writhing.
  • verb contort; toss back and forth
Example sentences :
  • Is it that he might writhe in the nightmare, or suffer agony from cramps?
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
  • They began to writhe about his limbs, but drew no sound to vie with their crackling.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Somehow it all made me writhe, agitated me so that I could hardly keep my seat.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Writhe away or not as you please,” thought the poor man, “but pay me my copeck!
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • As he spoke the psychic began to toss and writhe and moan pitifully.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
  • Andrea might writhe and supplicate and despair as he would—in vain.
  • Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
  • He watched it blister and writhe as though it had been a living thing.
  • Extract from : « The Letter of the Contract » by Basil King
  • I saw the beast, which was perched upon the bowl, writhe and twist.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • In mid-air it seemed to writhe and try to change the direction of its leap.
  • Extract from : « The Raid on the Termites » by Paul Ernst
  • Cunningham had made his bed of horsehair; let him twist and writhe upon it.
  • Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath

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