worm
noun
any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
wormed
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past participleof worm.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof worm.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wormnounany of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
Example Sentences
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To her, it doesn’t matter if the scammer wormed into the email exchange from the town’s side or the company’s, because the town never spoke with her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
After being axed from Noem’s office, Lewandowski wormed his way back into Trump’s inner circle.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025
"Or they've wormed their way in through a friend. They get their foot in the door and it goes from there."
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
On this latest go-round, I was in therapy largely for approval: my therapist’s, yes, but also whatever prevailing cultural “wisdom” had wormed its way into my brain.
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2024
He wormed his ship through the ice pack to reach seventy-one degrees south latitude, and then turned north again without ever seeing the land.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
