Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Writhe
Writhes like Saint Laurent on the gridiron.
—Anonymous
Writhed like twisted locks.
—Anonymous
Writhe like the Pythian.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Writhing o’er its task,
As heart-sick jesters weep behind the mask.
—Thomas Hood
Writhed like a feather on the fire.
—Guy de Maupassant
Writhed like a worm on a hook.
—Charles Reade
Writhe as a dragon by some great spell curbed and foiled.
—William Watson