Mr. Solondz, who grew up in Livingston, has a great talent for making his audiences squirm.

Varietys review was generally positive, but they stated that "the story development is restrained" and that younger audiences "may squirm at times."

The more the audience squirmed and cleared their throats, the harder she came on.

Nothing happened, as Mr. Chahil fumbled unhappily with the machine and the audience squirmed.

Others will find him to be a reckless exploiter intent solely on making audiences squirm.

As the temperature rose, the audience squirmed on their benches and unbuttoned their shaggy sheepskin jackets.

By then the audience was squirming to get in on the action.

Part of his method is to make audiences squirm.

His audience of seven squirmed in their black leather chairs.

Finally, as the audience squirmed in frustration, a lone subtitle appeared: "It's nice here in the hay."