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writhe

verb as in contort; toss back and forth

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His moans and groans grow louder, as he writhes on the gurney.

From BBC

The anchors made the appropriate comments of shock and grief while I writhed in my seat wondering where all the various fire lines actually were at that moment.

Depp whimpers and writhes with aplomb, but her enthusiastically physical performance never reaches her eyes — unless they’re rolling back in her head.

They found Ms Marshall still conscious and writhing around in "extreme pain" on the floor of the living room, which was covered in black smoke.

From BBC

He writhed in pain for most of a timeout before staying in the game to make a pair of free throws.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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