Twitchings

Irritative phenomena, such as twitchings or contractures, may come on later. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

He still kept his teeth together, but severe muscular contractions attacked his body, strange twitchings and jerkings, till he was all a-quiver and writhing in silent torment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Her left arm had developed involuntary jerkings and twitchings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The preliminary twitchings had appeared in her hand and arm. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He controlled himself, the spasmodic twitchings slowly dying away. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Otherwise they signal their whereabouts with mouse-like twitchings of the vegetation. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There had been no preliminary twitchings nor tentative essays at writing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not to mention this, this and these moribund twitchings of a dying ex-Christian cult. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the meantime, the unfortunate topman was losing his strength; his anguish could not be discerned on his face, but his exhaustion was visible in every limb; his arms were contracted in horrible twitchings; every effort which he made to re-ascend served but to augment the oscillations of the foot-rope; he did not shout, for fear of exhausting his strength. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Every moment the vigorous and agile young ruffian indulged in the twitchings of a wild beast caught in a snare. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Television spares us the faint twitchings of twig life. ❋ Wolcott, James (2008)

Around him, like the last twitchings of a slain giant, four new houses are going up, three on spec. ❋ Shnayerson, Michael (2008)

Mrs Sliderskew appeared to approve highly of this ingenious scheme, and expressed her satisfaction by various rackings and twitchings of her head and body, which by no means enhanced her charms. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It ranges from raw Mississippi Delta blues to sophisticated urban jazz, from barn-dance hoedowns to what Wyatt says is a polka by musicians from the Cape Verde Islands-though with those tangolike twitchings in the rhythm guitar, you might dislocate something if you tried your usual Frank Yankovic moves. ❋ Unknown (2007)

‘Just so,’ interposed Perker, who had accompanied this dialogue with sundry twitchings of his watch – chain, vindictive rubbings of his nose, and other symptoms of impatience. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Towards morning he cried “Mamma!” and asked by signs for something to drink; but the cry was spasmodic, and there were convulsive twitchings in the limbs, which turned me to ice. ❋ Unknown (2007)

She saw that he knew things were not as they ought to be, from the troubled dulness of his eye, and from his face, different points of which had independent motions, twitchings, and tremblings, unknown to himself, and involuntary. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He told several jokes that made her laugh, and one that made her roll her eyes and exchange finger-twitchings with Selucia. ❋ Jordan, Robert, 1948- (2005)

Two little boys carrying toy aeroplanes stopped dead, examining her dark eyelashes resting on her cream-coloured cheeks, and the little twitchings of her just touched-up lips. ❋ Unknown (2004)

More of those nervous twitchings of the mouth eyes, hands. ❋ Unknown (2004)