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How to pronounce “squirm”
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Pronunciation guide for squirm
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of squirm with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How Modern Audiences Can Talk about Aging Art
but we may squirm a little bit in our seat if we look too close.
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To twist one's body with snakelike motions.
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How to pronounce squirm
How Modern Audiences Can Talk about Aging Art

but we may squirm a little bit in our seat if we look too close.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “squirm”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To twist one's body with snakelike motions.
- (intransitive) To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.
- To evade a question, an interviewer etc. (Can we add an example for this sense? )
- [Noun]
- A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
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