bookworm
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He became a self-proclaimed "bookworm", reading Albert Camus, Toni Morrison, and Romain Gary, as well as fellow Haitian writers such as Jacques Roumain and James Noel.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
When assistant head teacher Rebecca Howell, a bookworm herself, walks into a classroom, a child will always bring her a book and ask her to read it.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
His golden Gryffindor trio included Emma Watson as the muggle-born bookworm Hermione and Rupert Grint as the loyal but sometimes insensitive Ron.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 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
What were they to him, Silvertongue and his daughter, the boy, the bookworm, and the woman who was another man’s wife once more?
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Opening your own book shop might be a lofty daydream for some bookworms looking to escape their 9-5, but more and more people are making it a reality.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
But unless your club is extraordinarily broad-minded, you might cause considerable consternation by exposing fellow bookworms to Mr. Warren-Smith’s gleeful, demented diversions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
For instance, if some bookworms want to stick to the west of downtown, they’ll still be in for quite a trip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
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
“Yeah. Haley and Charles conked out, too. Guess it’s just us bookworms, huh?”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
