Examples
“For instance, his heart "writhes" within him, the "terrors of death" are on him, "fear and trembling" are come on him, and "horror" has covered him.”
“My forearms look even darker pressed on the outside of her pink-white shoulders, and she writhes beneath me like a tide that carries me out.”
“On stage she sports a varied array of sequined bikinis and fishnet tights, while she is handcuffed in a cage and a prison guard writhes against her.”
“Hamlet writhes around in the soil that covers the stage; the next minute, he starts eating it.”
The Guardian: Thomas Ostermeier: 'Hamlet? The play's a mess'
“Then he touches the girl and the sweetness of him is pouring out onto the bed sheets, it spills amber colored as the girl writhes under him.”
“In Márai's novels especially, the present moment seems strangely immobile; it is the distant past that writhes with life.”
The Wall Street Journal: A Hungarian Novelist's Literature of Fidelity
“Preparing for her first new single in two years, the 41-year-old shows off her famous derriere in a scantily clad outfit as she writhes around with half-naked men and women.”
“Below, witness Miley as she writhes around on an unmade bed in what looks to be a seedy motel room and does her best impression of a table-top dancing stripper while wearing leather hot pants.”
The Washington Post: Miley Cyrus's new video: Too sexy for 17?
“I want you to make my brain stop talking to me!" he implores Cheryl as he writhes around on the floor during rehearsal.”
The Washington Post: 'Dancing with the Stars' rock week: We watch so you don't have to
“Based on the resulting donations from a "serious" fundraising effort, it has become apparent that the ideas of the Palin machine are like Dracula; Having been in daylight, it writhes and dissolves from it's nature.”
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Non-made up words listed only by oroboros. EDIT: Since Wordnik took over Wordie, I relinquish all claims to unique listing for these words.
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oroboros Contains 11 personal pronouns (including possessives): I; it; its; he; his; her; hers; she; we; their; theirs! May 12, 2009