How to Use twitch in a Sentence

twitch

1 of 2 verb
  • The rabbit twitched its ears.
  • Her mouth was twitching as she began to cry.
  • Her hand twitched from the heat.
    — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • His eye is twitching, just a little.
    — Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Her limbs twitched under the coarse sheets and the gaudy patchwork quilt.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
  • Richard's face showed no emotion, but his hands started to twitch.
    — Meg Kissinger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The knee twitched a time or two but not enough to get Paxton out of his rhythm.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
  • Through the scope, a polar bear twitched on the ice, 25 yards in front of me.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
  • As the drugs flowed, Randolph's eyes were closed and his face twitched slightly.
    — David Fischer The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2025
  • His eyes twitched in rapid blinks, his lips disappeared as if cold fury were coursing through his body.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Baby Briana’s arms twitched and legs flopped against cold concrete.
    — Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Fishing from the beach near the end of the spit, Chitxeuane’s face lights up as his rod tip begins to twitch.
    — Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2022
  • Maybe your eye is twitching because the heat is slowly driving us all to madness.
    — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Aug. 2023
  • At 6-foot-4, 255 pounds, Huff at his best has good bend and some twitch to his game.
    — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Long hours of traditional surgery can cause human hands to twitch and fatigue.
    — Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2022
  • The story still lays there on the table, limp as a corpse, but freakishly still twitching.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The Hormuz crisis will not end when oil markets stop twitching.
    — John W.h. Denton Ao, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • Hand in hand, their hips would twitch before their bodies meshed into a swivel, legs entwined.
    — Corina Knoll Ben Laffin Mark Abramson, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • This does not cause twitching or affect the patient’s ability to move.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
  • But the Missouri was always a wild river twitching its bed from side to side across its flood plain.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • But then her legs started to twitch, and her abdomen and even her silk-producing spinnerets did so as well.
    — Betsy Mason, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Weeks later, Cassidy would be having lunch with a friend and his leg wouldn’t stop twitching.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Her exoskeleton was slick with sweat, and her stinger was twitching in time with Bruno Mars.
    — Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The vocals twitch as a backflipping commotion takes over the streets.
    — Pitchfork, 20 Mar. 2026
  • His hands twitch excitedly as the server places a bowl of pasta before him.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2021
  • Once the drugs started flowing, his right hand fingers started to twitch, his mouth opened and that was his last movement.
    — The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • My hand twitched toward the phone, muscle memory stronger than willpower.
    — Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This could be hissing, growling, putting their ears back or to the side, puffing up their bodies or twitching their tails.
    — USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • Levy brought the dog in dead and claimed that that the dog had a seizure and was vomiting, choking and twitching before his death.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
  • By slowly twitching the rod, the Stick Shadd walks the dog under water.
    — Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023

twitch

2 of 2 noun
  • That quick-twitch juice shows in pads.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
  • Yeah, there was a twitch going on there.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
  • No twitch of her arms or kick of her feet or slow turn of her head.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • As one wanders out into a field, rod in hand, ready for the twitch.
    — Leila Chatti september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The sudden twitch of zugunruhe is a sign that things are wrong.
    — Big Think, 6 May 2026
  • That transcends all the quick twitch, the X-factor stuff, all that stuff.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Their interior guys have got a lot of power, a lot of twitch to them.
    — oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Observers in lanyards clocked his every twitch.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Has plenty of twitch and closing speed to pair with the quick reactions.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Gentle strips and line twitches will get the soft tail and rubber legs at the head working.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
  • The occasional twitch of the rod tip will cause these lures to dart to one side or the other.
    — Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The lip on the frog chugs and throws water so a small twitch can still produce a lot of commotion.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2023
  • This twitch does at least give everyone in the car fair warning of the violence that is to come.
    — Daniel Golson, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The first symptom Marshall displayed as an infant was an eye twitch.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Thames has solid comedic chops, drawing laughs from the audience out of a twitch of an eyebrow.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Here’s what scientists know about what causes muscle twitches and how to stop them.
    — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Unlike football or soccer, baseball is a game of small-twitch muscles.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2021
  • When the e-skin was touched, nerve cells began firing in the rat’s brain, triggering leg twitches.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2023
  • Audiences around the world want to watch her perform, and only the slightest twitch of her face begets giggles.
    — WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • And his signature move is still sharp, a collection of swiveling heels, leg twitches and kicks.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Jones is quick on the twitch and has tight cover skills that caught the attention of UA coaches.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
  • There’s very little for the actors to act except the twitch itself, which quickly grows tiresome through no fault of their own.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • If a snook doesn’t hit on the initial fall, Nichols retrieves the shrimp with a series of light twitches of his fishing rod.
    — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Give the float a few twitches with your rod tip to add dancing motion to the bait, and eventually, a crappie will eat.
    — Cory Schmidt, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Collins scored a quick 12 points in the first half and used her quick-twitch drives to spark the Warriors when their offense sputtered.
    — Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Movement came to her fingers slowly, in twitches, one finger, then another.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • These issues include twitches, tremors, spasms and troubles with walking and swallowing.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2023
  • Tested on a rat, different stimuli triggered leg twitches, researchers said.
    — Mohana Ravindranath, STAT, 23 May 2023
  • Another familiar Morris device is giving each note a step, a gesture, or a twitch of its own.
    — Iris Fanger, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
  • The Babycatcher made a slight movement, just a twitch, and the ugliest dog anyone ever saw came bounding up behind him.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

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