What part of speech is wriggling?

Wriggling can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. wriggling is a verb, gerund of wriggle (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does wriggling mean?

Definitions

Adjective

wriggling - moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion; "wiggly worms"

Verb

wriggle - to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

Examples of wriggling

#   Sentence  
1. verb The room was full of bugs, millions of small, wriggling bugs with lots of legs.
2. verb The snake is wriggling.
3. verb I am wriggling like a snake.
4. verb Seeing all the worms wriggling on the corpse made me squirm all over.
5. verb This is the only way to go. There's no wriggling out of it.
6. verb They didn't name it "Wrigley Field" because people are wriggling around in their seats.
7. verb The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace.
8. verb He will wriggle out of the fix.
9. verb Wriggle your toes.
10. verb I'll try to wriggle out of it if I can.
11. verb Seals have small flippers, wriggle on their bellies on land and lack visible ear flaps.
12. verb She would catch chafers and beetles and stick them on a pin, after which she would push a leaf or a bit of paper close enough for them to seize with their feet; for the pleasure of seeing them writhe and wriggle in their efforts to free themselves from the pins.
13. verb He will wriggle out of the fix.
14. verb Wriggle your toes.
15. verb I'll try to wriggle out of it if I can.
Sentence  
verb
The room was full of bugs, millions of small, wriggling bugs with lots of legs.
The snake is wriggling.
I am wriggling like a snake.
Seeing all the worms wriggling on the corpse made me squirm all over.
This is the only way to go. There's no wriggling out of it.
They didn't name it "Wrigley Field" because people are wriggling around in their seats.
The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace.
He will wriggle out of the fix.
Wriggle your toes.
I'll try to wriggle out of it if I can.
Seals have small flippers, wriggle on their bellies on land and lack visible ear flaps.
She would catch chafers and beetles and stick them on a pin, after which she would push a leaf or a bit of paper close enough for them to seize with their feet; for the pleasure of seeing them writhe and wriggle in their efforts to free themselves from the pins.
He will wriggle out of the fix.
Wriggle your toes.
I'll try to wriggle out of it if I can.

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