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
In general, people were standing, and Uncle Posen 326 Spratt was worming the big end of his steer-horn trumpet between shoulders of men and headgear of women to hear what he could not see.
From The Bondboy by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
The Monitor was worming her way unmolested into the heart of the enemy stronghold!
From The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet by James R. [pseud.] Driscoll
Sheeta was worming his way stealthily forward, his belly close to the ground.
From Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
