How to Use bookworm in a Sentence
bookworm
noun- She was always a bookworm when she was a kid.
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Here’s a roundup of our picks for the young bookworms on your list.
—chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
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Books with maps set you apart in the `80s, even among bookworms.
—Adrian Daub, Longreads, 24 Aug. 2017
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Ahead, the best gifts for men from all walks of life, from the bookworm to the master chef.
—Erin Parker, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2020
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Ahead, the 51 best gifts for men from all walks of life, from the bookworm to the craft-beer lover and your favorite chef.
—Erin Parker, Glamour, 11 Feb. 2022
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Picture it: an uptight bookworm meets a bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks.
—Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2020
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Here are a few bookworms can check out on World Book Day and beyond.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2020
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No Longer a Bookworm’s Bane Myopia was long believed to be the plight of the bookworm.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2015
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For the brother who loves to read: The best Kindle Is your brother a bookworm?
—Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2020
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While the rest of the specs are average or below, the $229 price might be enough to tempt bookworms who like to read on their phones.
—Julian Chokkattu Simon Hill, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2024
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This fall, there's no shortage of book events in Louisville to please even the pickiest bookworm.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2020
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have a little bookworm on their hands!
—Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2021
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For bookworms, give them a subscription to Book of the Month, which delivers a book of their choice in the mail for just $13 to $18 per month.
—Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
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For the bookworm who also loves to travel, The Wordy Traveler was made for you.
—Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 1 Dec. 2022
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Calling all bookworms: The Shelter Daybed is the best daybed to stretch your legs and sink in with a page-turning novel.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2023
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Give a bookworm in your life the perfect gift complete with a device that’ll be here in time for Christmas.
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2023
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Step aside jocks and cheerleaders, the bookworms are taking over prom this year.
—Sophie Cannon, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2018
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This shop is just one of many new Chinese spaces catering to bookworms.
—Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 12 July 2016
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The man favored plaid sweater-vests and dark slacks, wore bookworm glasses, and had a gentle way of pointing out flaws in aspects of the scheme.
—Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
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Grab your latte, and get ready to shop the cutest dark academia outfits that give off that collegiate bookworm vibe.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 17 Mar. 2023
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Troy is the school's hottest basketball player and Gabriella is the new girl who's also a bookworm.
—Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 10 Dec. 2020
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Or #bookworm with 3 million tags is a good start for all things #bookish (620K mentions).
—Felicity Loughrey, Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2016
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The episode stars Burgess Meredith as a bookworm who’s the lone survivor after a nuclear bomb goes off.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 28 Dec. 2021
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Both my husband and I are academicians, so a bookworm daughter didn’t seem a stretch.
—Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
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According to avid readers, one of the best investments a bookworm can make is in a reading chair.
—Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
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Reese isn't the only celebrity bookworm announcing a new book club pick.
—Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018
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The series profiled the contenders and let bookworms, famous and not, advocate for their pick.
—Lynn Elber, The Seattle Times, 23 Oct. 2018
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Kocurek called Daniels about two weeks before the draft to gauge the bookworm’s interest in learning something new.
—Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 26 Aug. 2020
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With her infectious smile and enthusiasm for life, this is the account to live all your bookworm dreams through.
—Jena Brown, Chron, 10 Nov. 2021
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The bookworm in your life will love a gift card from Bookshop, a platform on which readers buy books online, but the proceeds go to local bookstores.
—Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2022
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