wormy

Example Sentences

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But its wormy shape gives it the ability to swim right into the gills of fish, where it drinks its fill of blood.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

Back in the lab, they filmed each family during the two months from hatching until the wormy amphibians became independent.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Surprisingly, more than 1400 of these wormy genes closely matched genes from the very mantises they parasitized.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2023

Here, a midnight selfie from the trip: in the camera’s white flash, Tara’s purple buzzcut and wide, wry grin; his sheepish moue at his wormy mustache.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2022

“Be careful with the spelling,” I warned him in a voice that was wormy with shame because I didn’t do well in that subject at school.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos