Example Sentences

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Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are writing a new chapter in their romance, tying the knot two years after a meeting that would make most bookworms swoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

So I always imagined my own children would similarly be bookworms and geeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025

Flour-based glues come from the insides of wheat grains and include gluten — which bookworms love as much as the rest of us.

From Salon • May 7, 2024

"Bookworm" is a cute thing to call a voracious reader, but actual bookworms -- as well as microorganisms and time -- break down the flour pastes commonly used to keep old publications in one piece.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Its brown icing was as full of holes as the binding of a book when bookworms have been gnawing at it for years.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke