wriggling
present participle ofwriggle
| 单词 | wriggling |
| 释义 | wriggling present 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 Examplesofwrigglingwriggling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. That iswrigglingof the worst order, and nothing else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a question ofwrigglingout of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is justwrigglingout of it by substituting another statement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Its intention is to prevent people fromwrigglingout of the provisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He spent a substantial amount of timewrigglingaround on this issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is understandable enough when they are interviewing awrigglingpolitician. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has been unable to deny it, despite hiswrigglingand writhing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no possibility ofwrigglinground that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I see one or two of themwriggling, so they clearly do remember it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that anywrigglingcan get them out of that obligation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good hiswrigglingon that question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are nowwrigglingevery which way not to have to act. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English He is simply interested inwrigglingthrough the series of political crises with which he finds himself faced from time to time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is like having a group of worms in your legs and feeling that they arewrigglingaround inside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They arewrigglingandwrigglingandwrigglingbecause, in reality, they are cutting and cutting and cutting, but cannot admit it. 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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