squirm
IPA: skwˈɝm
noun
- A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
verb
- To twist one's body with snakelike motions.
- To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.
- To evade a question, an interviewer etc.
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Examples of "squirm" in Sentences
- She likes to make people squirm.
- I just wanna watch you squirm...
- She squirmed on the dirty floor, panting.
- There is no rigorous way to squirm out of that.
- Valerie manages to squirm out of the situation.
- Please stop trying to squirm out of a valid block.
- Four conditions that will probably make you squirm.
- There is no way to squirm out of the label in this case.
- The mob shot at them as they squirmed out of the stifling vault.
- Watching the right squirm is so much fun. “You don†™ t have the votes. .â€
- KillCon 2006 says: watching the left squirm is fun. “You don†™ t have the votes. .â€
- Squirming in your seat while overhearing racially insensitive jokes has never been funnier.
- When I recall the things I have done, the meannesses I have stooped to, I squirm and squirm and _squirm_!
- Any sacrifice that makes me lose one crawl or squirm is foolish, — and not only foolish, for it is a wrong against myself and a wicked thing.
- Any sacrifice that makes me lose one crawl or squirm is foolish, -- and not only foolish, for it is a wrong against myself and a wicked thing.
- At least there will be a live video feed that will let the world see you squirm, which is something golf aficionados haven't witnessed on the course.
- I'm certain this charming flirty thing is just what she does, and she does it well -- but dear god she makes me squirm, which is the point of it I imagine.
- While her grilling of Geithner in September, over what members of Congress have called the "backdoor bailout" of Wall Street through AIG, inspired the "squirm" video, just last month Warren pressed Geithner on the administration's lackluster foreclosure-prevention plan, Making Home Affordable.
- Watching Republicans other than Sen. John McCain squirm when being questioned about torture in general, and waterboarding in particular — inventing extreme scenarios and talking about “simulated drowning” or a “little dunk in the water” — has revealed that torture could be a lollapalooza of a problem for many of the GOP’s 2008 candidates.
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