Activity items assessed general activity level (waving arms, moving around the crib, squirming).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Critics squirmed, but the public kept filling the theater.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He finished the rest of the song on his back, writhing, squirming and shouting out the lyrics.
From theCambridge English Corpus
All these behaviors can be plausibly seen as part of an overall behavioral pattern of writhing or squirming.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Rosie's funny little legs kicked in the air; she squirmed with delight, shrieked with laughter.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Exactly, they squirmed all through it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is those who have changed—wriggled and squirmed from positionto position with nothing more than political opportunism in mind—whom one cannot respect.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
However much they may wriggle andsquirm, it is small businesses and the self-employed who will pay that extra money.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I have already alluded to the objectionable word "artistes," a word which makes every serious artistsquirm.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Others of a more negative turn of mind simply squirmed at the idea of so significant an extension of parental choice of school.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Theysquirmabout subsidies to council house dwellers, the under-privileged, and then smile when it is proposed to give £130 million towards manufacturers and industrialists.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Now they are sitting there squirming and ashamed of themselves because it is being pointed out to them.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Even large secondary schools are squirming under the pressure caused by the increase in training weeks introduced by circulars 9/92 and 14/93.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They just do not know what way tosquirm.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We cannot throw off our convictions like a snake throws off its skin as it struggles and squirms its way to a new life.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.