worming

Example Sentences

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A clown fish embryo maturing; a parasite worming its way into a cell; tiny mites clustered around the bases of your eyelashes.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2022

After all, it’s unclear whether there’s a technical solution to keeping A.I. from worming into student papers.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2022

The result is a mesmerizing nod to the olden days, a vertigo of queasy strings, brass and wobbly piano that feeds the paranoia and mysterious atmosphere while worming into the brain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2020

According to NBC News, Rove has been quietly worming his way into the campaign for some time:

From Salon • May 22, 2020

The thought of Scout worming his way through my hole in my fence and finding my ball makes me nuts.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko