Possibly this is the way in which "wriggling" politicians generally put the case to themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
We are told that while he was "wriggling," he was in effect boarded and clothed for some years by his friend, Hon. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
The long, wriggling snake through the water did shoot. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
He pulled himself, inch by inch, wriggling past the bars. From Wordnik.com. [The One Ton Woman and the Amazonian Half Man] Reference
Meanwhile, Syria itself seems to be wriggling off the hook. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
As I entered my courtyard, he came to me wriggling with joy. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
"It had stopped wriggling when I touched it," returned Tommy. From Wordnik.com. [The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure] Reference
Her paintings have stayed with me, wriggling into my thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [Amy Bernays: Unfinished Self] Reference
"Blessed!" echoed Mrs. Layton, putting down the wriggling Ted. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Binks at last deposited his wriggling burden flat on the pier. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
And, surely enough, the basket she had carried, was "wriggling.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West] Reference
But Henri had got to his feet and now reached the wriggling girl. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
In her veins, she feels the worms wriggling in their death throes. From Wordnik.com. [Florida] Reference
The train was wriggling into motion, and Glory caught sight of the. From Wordnik.com. [Glory and the Other Girl] Reference
He saw the lariat shoot out from the uplifted hand like a wriggling snake. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
Going to the door she beheld Anne who was fairly wriggling with excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
And Ricci's doing all flavors of moon-walk, torso-twisting or hip-wriggling. From Wordnik.com. [Dig That Girl!] Reference
She turned to Luella who was wriggling in embarrassment and biting her finger. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day] Reference
He's wriggling, lost in his solo fantasy, when Susan goes crashing to the floor. From Wordnik.com. [View From A Doll's House] Reference
"You'll give us all the fidgets if you keep on wriggling, Jennie," declared Aunt Kate. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
And in time wriggling things started to appear because the water was conducive to them. From Wordnik.com. [bomb] Reference
We got Bob Dylan on the wall wriggling from the lack of music and light among the spheres. From Wordnik.com. [Why the World's Fireflies Are Being Counted] Reference
You dance in front of me, noodle-slim body wriggling fantastic to the groove of psychedelic rock. From Wordnik.com. [Fuck Me Please] Reference
The child had been wriggling out of his grandmother's arms and had not heard what his mother said. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
"Let me go, Larkyns, you're choking me," I gasped out, wriggling violently and kicking out behind. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
Droozle had ceased wriggling for the moment and lay there shaking violently, as though he had malaria. From Wordnik.com. [Droozle] Reference
It was a tunnel and he was burrowing, the blades of his elbows against the walls, pushing, wriggling deeper. From Wordnik.com. [Why'd You Come Back?] Reference
The Frogs were much pleased and a good deal frightened when King Eel came wriggling and swimming among them. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference
As he jerked the slip knot cord the boys sprang aside and the long ladder, wriggling, crashed at their feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
The whole train was full: people sitting on their bags in corridors, little kids wriggling on their mum's laps. From Wordnik.com. [Top of the Pops had the real X factor] Reference
"Goodness, isn't that water delicious to-night?" she added, wriggling her toes luxuriously in the rippling wavelets. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
Another student compares Antioch to a petri dish, "where we students are the squishy things wriggling around inside.". From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Seale Goes to Antioch] Reference
Then, presenting the head of Jerrold on the body of an unusually wriggling serpent, which he gives forth as being from. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Collins attributed the rise to a generation of porn-obsessed youths "sitting in front of the computer, wriggling the walrus". From Wordnik.com. [Rewind radio: The Chris Moyles Show; The Archers; The Late Show] Reference
It seemed to give him immense pleasure to see me wriggling on the smooth curved metal plate which formed the front of his car. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
After years of therapy, Lorenzo himself is still almost totally immobile and communicates mostly with blinks and finger wriggling. From Wordnik.com. [Loving Lorenzo] Reference
"I am inclined to think," said Willy, "judging from its wriggling, jerking motions that it must be the larva of some kind of gnat.". From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Gum ivy flows from the ivy tree when injured by driving nails into it, wriggling them about and letting them remain for some time; about. From Wordnik.com. [The Teesdale Angler] Reference
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