Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: twitched
IPA transcription: [tw'ɪtʃt]
Usage examples
  • His white head twitched with the effort.
  • The feet of the boy twitched and shifted in their pointed shoes.
  • During the mazurka the tax-collector's face twitched with spite.
  • His eyelids twitched; the fire before him had for an instant gone black out.
  • Only her hands twitched, her long fingers curling and uncurling spasmodically, and she buried them deep in her breeches' pockets to hide them.
  • But her head still twitched like an automaton and with a face contorted with bitter grief she began, without a word, beating her breast with her fist.
  • His eyes, bulging with terror, avoided us, while his right hand, with a spasmodic movement, twitched at the beard that covered his honest, gentle, and now despairing face.