Examples of bookworm in a Sentence
She was always a bookworm when she was a kid.
a bookworm who prefers reading to just about any other activity
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Alastair Stout plays Harry’s best friend Ron Weasley, and Arabella Stanton portrays bookworm Hermione Granger.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Kyra Belle Johnson stars as Belle, the bookworm who doesn't quite fit into her quiet village.
—Courtney Cole, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
This could be the bookworm equivalent of jet setting, perhaps—seeking out the places we’re taken to while flicking the pages.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
After Harelly moved to the Bay Area to study creative writing at San Francisco State University, the bookworm felt a massive disconnect from the Eurocentric, English work she was assigned to read in her classes.
—Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Kyra Belle Johnson stars as Belle, the bookworm who doesn't quite fit into her quiet village.
—Courtney Cole, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
This could be the bookworm equivalent of jet setting, perhaps—seeking out the places we’re taken to while flicking the pages.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
After Harelly moved to the Bay Area to study creative writing at San Francisco State University, the bookworm felt a massive disconnect from the Eurocentric, English work she was assigned to read in her classes.
—Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Bookworm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookworm. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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bookworm
noun
book·worm
-ˌwərm 
1
: any of various insect larvae that feed on the binding and paste of books
2
: a person devoted to reading or study
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