writhing

The Sheep, writhing with pain, said, “Why do you hurt me so, Mistress?

This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing, unnatural posture.

For a minute or more the hand, with its writhing fingers, protruded out of the floor.

She clasped her hands together, gave a piercing shriek, and then flung herself face downward on the bed, crying and writhing in an utter abandonment of disappointment and despair.