Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

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.