How to Use inchworm in a Sentence

inchworm

noun

• The bar to be cleared is low enough that an arthritic inchworm could clear it.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 4 Aug. 2017
• The robot can also move around, crawling like an inchworm or rolling like a log.
  — Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS, 30 Aug. 2017
• The Caterpillar (David Schrenk) shares his pipe and cleverly inchworms off the stage, and the pig baby is thrown about.
  — Mark Lowry, star-telegram.com, 24 May 2017
• The core program was a loop of deadlifts, inchworms, burpees, and hollow body holds, all of which are standard repertoire at my gym.
  — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• This second new hand will go on the opposite end of the 58-foot arm, able to move like an inchworm by grabbing hold of special fixtures.
  — Marcia Dunn, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Jan. 2018
• Grunsfeld arranged the five-story buildings that line the exterior of the blocklong complex like a scrunched-up inchworm.
  — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2017
• This allows the shrews to scrunch their spines up like inchworms, according to a statement, and withstand an enormous amount of force for their weight and size, which is comparable to that of a rat.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
• From inchworm crawling to star jumps, these challenges will keep busybodies occupied (and can provide a nice break in the workday for parents).
  — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2020
• The reverse lunge works your quads and your glutes, the inchworm boosts mobility while challenging your hamstrings and shoulders, while the plank variations will light up your core.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 29 Apr. 2021
• Stretching as a warm-up should focus on dynamic moves, or those that include movement—say, like an inchworm rather than simply touching your toes.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 4 Aug. 2020
• By expanding the top surface while contracting the bottom surface, a flat robot can move along like an inchworm, to give one example.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 June 2019
• But that may change thanks to inchworms, wiggling bacterial organisms and snakes.
  — Jessica Firger, Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2017
• Apparently at some point, perhaps millions of years ago, there was a bitter dispute between dogs and inchworms, and Daisy has not forgotten.
  — Dave Barry, miamiherald, 30 Apr. 2018
• Even tiny animals, like inchworms or fruit flies, can give engineers the ideas for leaps forward in robotic technology.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2018
• These cardio exercises include the inchworm, lateral shuffle, high knees, skater, and up-down plank.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 29 Apr. 2021
• Tailored to maximize movement, some scooted along the bottom of a Petri dish like microscopic inchworms, powered solely by the contractions of the heart cells studding their interiors.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2020
• The elephant mascot shared its interpretive imitation of an inchworm - maybe a caterpillar? - during Alabama's first-round win over No.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2018
• The elephant mascot shared its interpretive imitation of an inchworm — maybe a caterpillar? — during Alabama’s first-round win over No.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, 17 Mar. 2018
• While using an inchworm as inspiration might be novel for a robot's travels, animal inspiration for robotic movement is widespread.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2018

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