Sentence examples for writhe from inspiring English sources

We can be both logical and consistent without straitjacketing the language so tightly as to make its native speakers writhe in discomfort.

According to the state news agency, "even the sky seemed to writhe in grief" at the demise of the "great saint born of Heaven".

The results recall the action paintings of Jackson Pollock a major inspiration for Yoshihara and his disciples as well as other members of the New York school, such as Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning.But Shiraga pumps up the volume, turning Pollock's ethereal drips or Kline's slashing brushwork into cosmic geological formations that writhe and bubble as if extruded from a volcanic caldera.

This was good move: it is far more exciting to watch a performer writhe than to consider the merits of a mannequin draped in a limp old T-shirt and jeans.Yet for a movement that was largely defined by its music, it feels odd that only one gallery blares the extreme and energetic sounds of The New York Dolls, Richard Hell, The Slits, The Damned and others.

But Tory MPs, who writhe at his inept performances in the Commons, know that their leader lacks what it takes to be prime minister.

But until then I shall writhe silently under the pitying glances of friends and readers wondering how I could have got it quite so wrong.

One of Nancy's mentors plucks at the poorly stitched stomach of a female patient while she is lying awake in her hospital bed, making her writhe in pain.

The players fold and writhe again like insects about to shed their wings.

The sensitive viewer would find strong expression and forceful activity in monumental, freestanding sculpture illogical (i.e., marble should not writhe or fly) and gratingly theatrical.

Wonderful news - i shall writhe today in ecstatic glee.

While Pop wanted to redefine the blues to mirror his own experiences, audiences saw a half-naked man writhe around in peanut butter.