Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
twitching
IPA transcription: [tw'ɪtʃɪŋ]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
twitch, twitching, vellication
Meaning:
a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
Usage examples
"I've taken a chill," thought Mitya, twitching his shoulders.
Frank Corte was working at his bread again, his face twitching with a smile.
The corners of my mouth were twitching, and I think that struck him particularly.
"It was your own fault," said Marilla, twitching down the blind and lighting a lamp.
She told me long ago." The old man hesitated, then went on, his lips twitching a little.
He put out his thick, black-nailed, earth-stained finger and softly touched my twitching lips.
The pallor of the prince, and the convulsive twitching of his hands and limbs, were the first symptoms that struck those present.
"Yes, they are," said Adela, twitching her sleeve, "and Mademoiselle brings us in this room every single time we come to the Louvre."
He felt, too, something swelling in his throat and twitching in his nose, and for the first time in his life he felt on the point of weeping.
We have killed too many of them," and he looked about on the ground where many of the uncanny creatures were still twitching in the death struggle.