bookworm

Example Sentences

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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

You could be assigned a slovenly party animal who makes your life miserable or a studious bookworm you don’t see all semester.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 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

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