vermicular

Example Sentences

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His speech was bumbling, his gait "vermicular," his appearance unfetching.

From Time Magazine Archive

The worm of workers passes three days in the egg, five in the vermicular state, and then the bees close up its cell with a wax covering.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François

It was a notable object in the dim little church, having a wooden canopy supported on four slim oak pillars with vermicular moulding.

From Demos by Gissing, George

Nobody went around in that day to explain the vermicular motion of the stomach or the upward action of nerve-force, or the psychopathic value of animal magnetism.

From The Faith Doctor A Story of New York by Eggleston, Edward

Mr. Whedell paused, for effect, and contemplated the vermicular work in the carpet.

From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell