worm
noun
any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
was worming
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past progressiveof worm.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Within seconds he was worming his way into the thicket; but not before he had glimpsed the legs of a savage coming toward him.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
Cristobal Mondragon, Joe’s third-youngest brother, had half his pinkie bitten off when he lost hold of the nose twitch on a horse he was worming.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Sheeta was worming his way stealthily forward, his belly close to the ground.
From Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Gadgem's gimlet eye was worming itself into Temple's.
From Kennedy Square by Francis Hopkinson Smith
An undersized little body was worming its way through the crowd, and thrusting sharp little elbows to the right and to the left.
From The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
