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Examples of squiggle in a Sentence
Verb
a pediatrician's waiting room full of squiggling toddlers
there are some illegible notes squiggled in the margins of the old book
Noun
His handwriting looks like a bunch of squiggles.
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
Vienna’s Danube, Munich’s Isar, and many rivers squiggling across the U.K. and France all have a long history of hosting swimmers.
—Jessica Leigh Hester, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
Nick Remsen, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
Opinion The cartoonist’s way — comics master Adrian Tomine draws insights on the creative process
Oct. 9, 2024
His figures, drawn in thin, nervous squiggles, stood out starkly against a plain background.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Breaking water in the morning and shoulders squiggling free in the dark of evening.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
Vienna’s Danube, Munich’s Isar, and many rivers squiggling across the U.K. and France all have a long history of hosting swimmers.
—Jessica Leigh Hester, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
Noun
The glass block façade of the William H. Turner School in North Miami reflects this light in a thousand eighties-era squiggles, while the building’s pink and teal accents frame the Magic City-ness of the scene.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
Opinion The cartoonist’s way — comics master Adrian Tomine draws insights on the creative process
Oct. 9, 2024
His figures, drawn in thin, nervous squiggles, stood out starkly against a plain background.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Squiggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squiggle. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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