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Examples of writhing
writhing
The figure is covered in writhing serpents and leans on what look like crutches.
From the chron.com
The young man was writhing on the ground, bleeding heavily and crying for help.
From the scoop.co.nz
No sooner has she appeared on-screen than she is writhing in St. Jacques'embrace.
From the time.com
The headaches returned and at times were so severe Brooke was writhing in pain.
From the washingtonpost.com
Franzen promptly hit the ice, holding his head and apparently writhing in pain.
From the freep.com
I bust through the door to find him sitting on the shower floor writhing in pain.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
But you didn't and now you're in massive, stomach-writhing, head-pounding pain.
From the time.com
Around her, the brilliantly colored rope walls looked as if they were writhing.
From the nytimes.com
He's carried off the field, writhing in pain, his career hanging in obvious peril.
From the freep.com
- To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
- (writhed) contorted: twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott
- (writhing) wiggly: moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion; "wiggly worms"
- In knot theory, the writhe is a property of an oriented link diagram. The writhe is the total number of positive crossings minus the total number of negative crossings.
- In a "relaxed" double-helical segment of B-DNA, the two strands twist around the helical axis once every 10.4-10.5 base pairs of sequence. Adding or subtracting twists, as some enzymes can do, imposes strain. ...
- The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot; To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring; To wrest; to distort; to pervert; To extort; to wring; to wrest; To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to ...
- (writhing) A twisting struggle
- (writhed) turned, twisted, wrenched as if in pain or suffering
- To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment. To move with a twisting or contorted motion.
