Heaved and Writhed

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Writhed and heaved are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Writhed" instead a verb "Heaved".

Nearby Words: heavy, heave, heaving, heaver

Writhed adjective - Twisted (especially as in pain or struggle).

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Heaved and writhed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heaved" instead a verb "Writhed".

Nearby Words: writhe, writhing

Its lipless mouth quivered and slathered, and snakelike tentacles writhed as the clumsy body heaved and pulsated... The Journalist finds the sudden silence that descends when the Martians start to die off so unsettling that it's the thing that pushes him over the brink of insanity.

Source: Music / Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

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