worm
noun
any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
have wormed
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present perfectof worm.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In the final phases of the first half, Bristol's Kalaveti Ravouvou appeared to have wormed over for a score that Fiji could take some solace from at the break.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The campaign marks the first time Russian government hackers are known to have wormed their way into the networks of American nuclear power companies, several U.S. and industry officials said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2017
So general manager Jerry Dipoto has work to do to tweak a ballclub that has, to its credit, displayed enough positive aspects to have wormed its way into the postseason conversation.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2016
That’s never more obvious than in the two weeks leading up Super Bowl, given how prop bets have wormed their way from sports culture to pop culture.
From Time ● Feb. 1, 2013
X square seems to have seized upon him bodily, and to have wormed its fatal way into his very marrow.'
From Philistia by Grant Allen
