worm out
Example Sentences
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Howdy, my name is Houston Mitchell and it was so hot Tuesday that I saw a bird using an oven mitt on its beak to pull a worm out of the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2019
The cases are riveting, yet the biggest mystery of “Rogue Lawyer” is how Grisham can still devise all these distinctive characters, tricky legal predicaments and roguishly cheating ways to worm out of them.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2015
DonQuixotic No, you instead knowingly entered a bet giving the impression to others that you would stop posting here knowing that due to your verbiage you could worm out of it later.
From Time ● Jan. 10, 2013
Nurse John Lotiki slowly pulled the thin, white worm out of the girl as Ajak looked on with pain - and appreciation.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2010
“Awful old hypocrite, telling everyone else to help you and trying to worm out of it himself. And for heaven’s sake keep away from that horn.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
