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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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
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
Gadgem's gimlet eye was worming itself into Temple's.
From Kennedy Square by Francis Hopkinson Smith
In a moment Henry was worming his way, lying flat on the ground, through grass and prickly pears, toward his unsuspecting victims.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
The mass of them was worming through the wire now.
From The Black Watch A Record in Action by Joe Cassells
