squirm with

squirm with (something)

To wriggle or fidget as a result of something. I was squirming with the urgent need to go to the bathroom, not impatience! He sat squirmed with frustration throughout the entire presentation.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

squirm with something

to fidget or move around restlessly, showing irritation of some type. The children squirmed with impatience, but they kept quiet. I squirmed with discomfort, hoping that the time on the aircraft would pass rapidly.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • squirm with (something)
  • squirm out
  • squirm out (of something)
  • swig
  • swigged
  • swiggle
  • swiggled
  • wriggle
  • get a wriggle on
  • Of all the nerve!
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