wriggled
past simple and past participle ofwriggle
| 单词 | wriggled |
| 释义 | wriggled past simple and past participle ofwriggle wriggle verb uk/ˈrɪɡ.əl/us/ˈrɪɡ.əl/[IorT] totwistyourbody, ormovepartofyourbody, withsmall,quickmovements: Alargewormwriggled in thefreshlydugearth. Baby Martha was wriggling hertoesin thesand. [I+ adv/prep] tomovesomewhereusingshort,quicktwistingmovements: Thetunnelwaslowanddark, but shemanagedtowriggle throughto the otherside. Aftertwistingandturningfor a while, hemanagedto wrigglefree. Making short, sudden movements
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Moving on your hands and legs or on your stomach Bending, twisting and curving Idiomwriggle off the hook Phrasal verbwriggle out ofsomething Examplesofwriggledwriggled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In the living state, theywriggledvigorously, making some forward (or backward) progression. From theCambridge English Corpus It is those who have changed—wriggledand 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 I thought that hewriggleda good deal during the course of his remarks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has so farwriggledout of the expression "a big shake-out". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theywriggledlike anything, changed direction suddenly, hurried backwards and forwards and concealed their retreat with a cloud of ink. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps while the regulatory structures were settling down in the early days some fishwriggledthrough the nets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Hewriggledand did not seem to wish to give the cases at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, we onlywriggledthrough the last war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Hewriggleda great deal, but we eventually extracted one or two points. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Hewriggledand dodged again when he was asked what amount of money the public expenditure cuts he was recommending would generate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Hewriggledhimself into a simulated posture of virtue, and said whatever they thought about the letter he knew nothing of the authorship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, the seals after they were dead,wriggledfor an unusual length of time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theywriggledon this question and refused to commit themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was very nearly caught by it, but before he had finished his speech he hadwriggledout of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I listened with growing apprehension in case the good assurances became only reasonable assurances and then, perhaps, fair assurances, since he graduallywriggledout of his original fairly generous commitment. 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. |
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