bookworm

Example Sentences

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His golden Gryffindor trio included Emma Watson as the muggle-born bookworm Hermione and Rupert Grint as the loyal but sometimes insensitive Ron.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 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

As a child, she was a "bookworm" who loved attending acting classes and workshops.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

I was a shy bookworm who loved reading Judy Blume books.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2023

She doesn’t say what she’d like you to get the Ph.D. in, but I assume Math rather than Greek, you dirty little bookworm.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger