verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
seat
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The 21-year-old skinhead sitting to my left began to squirm in his wooden seat .
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The men coughed and squirmed in their seats .
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She squirmed in her seat and tugged her dress down over her knees.
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Like children, they squirmed in their seats , stifling giggles and gossip when I swept past them.
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Sandi squirmed at her seat , unwilling to go, unless she could be granted a smiling permission.
■ VERB
make
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McAllister and his team-mates were made to squirm their way through a special screening of their 4-1 Saturday mauling by Middlesbrough.
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At no point does he make you anxious, make you squirm .
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Walken is particularly nasty as a paralyzed gangster who gets what fun he can by making people squirm .
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But being taught by her made him squirm .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Diane squirmed wildly as Gavin tickled her.
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Laura's face reddened and she squirmed with embarrassment.
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Pornography is a subject that makes most Americans squirm .
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The baby squirmed in her arms.
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The cat was squirming and he put it down.
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The little boy squirmed in his seat, anxious to get up and leave the table.
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The little boy squirmed with embarrassment when his mother told him off in front of his friends.
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Whenever I think back to what I said at the party it makes me want to squirm .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He squirmed as she came down the aisle.
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I can still remember how I used to squirm uneasily under his touch.
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In the old-style office, the boss yelled, the employees squirmed, and maybe the work got done.
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Instead of squirming about helplessly as intended, she gently caressed the strange hand with her own.
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It was clear that whatever demons he'd tried to exorcise were still present and squirming inside his head.
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McAllister and his team-mates were made to squirm their way through a special screening of their 4-1 Saturday mauling by Middlesbrough.
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When I tried to pick him up he squirmed wildly, jerked away and threw himself to the ground again.