nerd

Example Sentences

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Silicon Valley’s success and mythmaking long ago transformed the once-ridiculed computer nerd into the cool tech bro.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

To challenge that, he made Clark Kent a nerd, hunching his shoulders, making him sputter with nervousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

He continued, “I was a nerd — a real nerd. All the girls thought I was a jerk.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

"My kids call me a neek," she joked, "it's a cross between a geek and a nerd".

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

“Do you realize, Mom, that I’ve never been anything but a nerd? And now I’m going to enter this nerd school, not as a fellow nerd, but as a feared and notorious outlaw?”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor