Example Sentences

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It's an aspiration that has wormed its way into the country's identity, helping to shape modern Australia.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023

Since the hyper-transmissible Omicron variant stormed onto the scene in early December, the virus has wormed its way into seemingly every family and social circle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2022

The sport has wormed its way far enough into the bone marrow and psyche of enough men to inflict quality-of-life damage.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2022

But Da Hong Pao has wormed its way into the conversation of dim-sum establishments that, when running on all cylinders, prove that the line between commerce and the culinary arts is very fine indeed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2019

At length, after infinite patience and manoeuvring, he has wormed himself into a patch of thick bush, by which, as he had reckoned, the great cow would pass.

From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.