Example Sentences

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On this latest go-round, I was in therapy largely for approval: my therapist’s, yes, but also whatever prevailing cultural “wisdom” had wormed its way into my brain.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2024

The exploits of the unbearable Brent and his long-suffering staff had wormed their way into the national consciousness and the show started to become a cult hit.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2021

“But somehow that insane, incurable, blinkered optimism that overtakes reason and leads otherwise normal men to stage musicals had wormed far too deep,” Lloyd Webber writes in his memoir, “Unmasked.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019

Within three years Wilford had wormed Levine into the top spot.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2017

But suppose something had happened to him....Meggie shook her head as if to drive away the bad thoughts that had wormed their way in yet again.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke