bookworm
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Cinematographer Łukasz Żal frames the scene in a pane of window glass so that Agnes’ reflection ripples across Will’s yearning face, contrasting the earthy enchantress with the indoor bookworm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
An under-the-radar prospect from Miami, Mendoza was such a bookworm in high school that some coaches stopped pursuing him because they questioned whether he really wanted to play football.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
As a child, she was a "bookworm" who loved attending acting classes and workshops.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024
I was a shy bookworm who loved reading Judy Blume books.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2023
“I thought you were the loveliest bookworm I’d ever seen in my life.”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
So I always imagined my own children would similarly be bookworms and geeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025
Flour-based glues come from the insides of wheat grains and include gluten — which bookworms love as much as the rest of us.
From Salon ● May 7, 2024
Flour glues are made from the insides of wheat grains, which includes the gluten that's so delicious to bookworms and microorganisms alike.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
When a cyberattack knocked the British Library out of commission in October of last year, a nation’s researchers, scholars, students, and bookworms were left high and dry.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2024
“Yeah. Haley and Charles conked out, too. Guess it’s just us bookworms, huh?”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
