writhe
/rʌɪð/
US pronunciation
American sound/rʌɪð/
writhe
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> writhe
Myanmar meaning
လတ်တလော ဝေဒနာကြောင့် တွန့်လိမ်လူးလွန့်ခြင်း။ စိတ်ညှင်းပန်းခံရသည် ၊ ကသိကအောက် ဖြစ်ရသည်။ writhes with shame ရှက်စိတ်ဖြင့် ကသိကအောက် ဖြစ်ရသည်။
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- ‘She squirmed, writhed, and wriggled, trying to evade the grip of those carrying her.’
- ‘We throw the line out and almost immediately pull six gleaming mackerel out of the sea - silver and cobalt, jerking and frantically writhing.’
- ‘She squirmed and writhed and twisted, genuinely this time, but she was small anyway, and Sarah was strong, and so she wasn't going anywhere.’
- ‘Nodding in affirmation, Ex led her away from the pack and into the group of bodies writhing on the dance floor.’
- ‘The demons were brilliant - creeping and crawling, twisting and writhing as one would expect them to.’
- ‘They are born artists: dancers who writhe rhythmically; musicians - singing intervals long before they speak language.’
- ‘There are players writhing around in agony yet television replays showed there was absolutely no contact.’
- ‘Bikini-clad dancers writhe onstage at a swinger's club in their best '80s music-video impersonation.’
- ‘Taibhsear watched in awe as the great body writhed and twisted, and a new egg fell to join the others.’
- ‘Evelyn's body writhed, trying to escape her sister's insane tickling motions.’
- ‘Miles writhed and twisted as pain wracked his body.’
- ‘Many people were packed into the crowded living room, their scantily clad bodies writhing to the beat.’
- ‘Derek squirmed and writhed, trying to breathe.’
- ‘The bar is a seething mass of bodies writhing to the disorienting beat.’
- ‘The dancers writhed, wrapped in yards of cloth on top of rostra that made them look like some kind of pole dancer.’
- ‘I twisted and twitched and writhed, but they wouldn't let me go.’
- ‘In the second act, Colker's sleek, scantily-clad dancers writhe seductively in and out of a clear plastic tank.’
- ‘The man, however, is like a fish out of water, squirming and writhing.’
- ‘She sobbed uncontrollably and Andriel could feel her body contort and writhe.’
- ‘‘Things never change here on Walton Mountain, ’ I narrated brightly, stepping over Joe's body, as he writhed comically on the floor.’
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