vermicular

Example Sentences

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His speech was bumbling, his gait "vermicular," his appearance unfetching.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is this vermicular insignificance of the gossip that makes his detection so difficult, and gives him his security.

From Vanishing Roads and Other Essays by Le Gallienne, Richard

There is no telling how vermicular are the wrigglings of mean souls.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

The etched scene of Sikes's desperation on the roof of a house in Jacob's Island, Bermondsey, is in essence Misery itself, vermicular as well as violent.

From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.

Mr. Whedell paused, for effect, and contemplated the vermicular work in the carpet.

From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell