make sb squirm

Examples (10)

• The awkward silence after his joke made everyone squirm.
• Her direct questions about his past made him squirm in his seat.
• The teacher's intense gaze made the cheating student squirm with guilt.
• He loved to tell embarrassing stories about his brother, just to make him squirm.
• The interviewer's probing follow-up questions made the politician squirm.
• Don't try to make her squirm; it's not fair to bring that up now.
• The unexpected compliment made her squirm slightly, unused to such praise.
• His parents' public display of affection always made him squirm as a teenager.
• The uncomfortable truth of the situation made the whole team squirm.
• She deliberately asked a personal question to make him squirm during the debate.