Something deep inside him writhed in agony, but he said only, "Enemy position?"
The trees stared at him, their branches writhing in agony.
A dozen or so men writhed in agony on the floor.
Some writhed in agony on the ground and appeared to be screaming, though there was no sound.
I want to watch him writhing in agony, the same way he left me.
A few yards from him, someone writhed on the ground in agony.
And a fraction of a second later, he too was writhing in agony.
Ann felt herself hit the floor as she writhed in agony.
As he stumbled away, writhing in agony, she shot past him, making for the door.
I drop him and he falls to the floor, writhing in agony.
Idiomy