bookworm

Example Sentences

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Just as when he’s poring over the playbook, the bearded bookworm reads with pen in hand or ready to note something on his phone.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

An under-the-radar prospect from Miami, Mendoza was such a bookworm in high school that some coaches stopped pursuing him because they questioned whether he really wanted to play football.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

He was a lifelong bookworm who recalled taking out up to four novels a day from his local public library.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

He isn’t a bookworm, he’s a bookaholic, and in his latest memoir, “We Should Not Be Friends,” he seems to be admitting he has a problem.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2023

I don’t remember when the blocks of words began to make sense, but by the end of that school year I’d gone from book hater to bookworm.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson