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Have you looked the word up in a dictionary?
Try this definition and imagine how it works for a wall of water.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writhing

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What is meant by this word: "It stood like a huge writhing wall between us and the horizon?"
not a teacher
Have you looked the word up in a dictionary?
Try this definition and imagine how it works for a wall of water.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writhing
It meansmovinginatwistingorsnake-likefashion
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
The word writhing suggests motion to me. Walls don't move, so serpentine wall makes more sense to me.
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