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Phrase(s): writhe with something 1. [and] writhe in something
[for someone or an animal] to squirm because of something, such as pain. • Carl writhed with pain and began to cry. • He was writhing in pain when the paramedics arrived. 2. [for something] to support or contain something that is writhing. • The pit was writhing with snakes and other horrid things. • The floor of the basement was writhing in spiders and crawly things.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs