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Example sentences for "twitch"

Lexicographically close words:
twisting; twistings; twists; twisty; twit; twitched; twitches; twitching; twitchings; twitchy
  1. Brother Copas, taking snuff, did not perceive the twitch of his friend's face.

  2. Brother Copas from one doorway, Nurse Branscome from the other, saw Brother Bonaday's face twitch as with a pang of terror.

  3. Tired and hungry after their labors they wander away in search of food, singing cheerily as they twitch their heads now this way, now that, seeking a worm or insect.

  4. The wrinkles in his face twitch as the excitement grows.

  5. Defn: To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.

  6. A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.

  7. With an impatient twitch at her petticoat she made answer, not looking at him.

  8. Then he played with the sheet for a twitch or two, as if proud of his arms still remaining; and checked back the agony tempting him now to bite it with his great white teeth.

  9. One of Archy's legs gave a twitch at the first remark about him, and the twitch occurred in his right arm at the second.

  10. He looked at me steadily; not a flickering of the eye, not a twitch of the eyelid.

  11. There was a curious twitch to his mouth as he repeated that word.

  12. Yes, better cut it short," Jamie said with a twitch of his upper lip.

  13. I saw Jamie's mouth twitch before he smiled into her eyes.

  14. After this Annie got into bed; the mother began to twitch her arms and legs, and seemed in great pain.

  15. Vanna felt his cheek twitch against her own, heard the sharp indrawing of the breath.

  16. He broke off suddenly, and there was no response, but Vanna felt Jean's fingers twitch within her arm.

  17. Crossjay replied, with an old man's voice, and a ghastly twitch for a smile overwhelmed the compassionate ladies.

  18. During his proudest exaltations in success, when his eyes were sparkling, there was a wry twitch inward upon his heart of hearts.

  19. Handsome he was not--he was hardly good-looking, and the nervous twitch of his eyebrow as it came down over his single eye-glass constantly disfigured him.

  20. He gave a professional twitch to each of the hundred-pound notes, and held them up one after the other to the light.

  21. The silence was becoming oppressive, though only of a few moments' duration, when Fazil observed the Jogi twitch the sleeve of the Lalla's garment as a sign to begin.

  22. Pfeiffer with a twitch of the left sentry moustache.

  23. A twitch of the lips recognized his superior’s pleasantry.

  24. But the Squirrels and Mice used to climb after them, the Cattle used to knock them off with their horns, the Possum would twitch them off with his long tail, and the Deer, with his sharp hoofs, would break them down.

  25. Have you seen how his eyes flash and his lips twitch at the very name of that woman?

  26. Down it went, and a short gurgle followed, and then a twitch of the eyelids, and a long soft gasp.

  27. His grey eyes looked out cheerfully and observantly, but had a vivid sparkle when he was excited and began to twitch his thick, sensual mouth.

  28. I cannot, even to escape a twitch of the gout, see a fair female neglected, without feeling a twitch of another kind, that gives me yet greater pain.

  29. Daisy never, even for the space of one lid-flash, ceased to watch the red intemperate face whose skin was now commencing to twitch in places like the hide of a horse under fly-bites.


  30. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "twitch" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.