How to Use nerd in a Sentence

nerd

noun

• He dresses like a nerd.
• The jock, the loser, the brainy nerd—think The Breakfast Club.
  — Annalise Mabe, Men's Health, 22 Feb. 2022
• This ornery golf nerd might be the best thing that’s happened to the game.
  — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2018
• Gates was a lovable nerd who was out to save the world.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 June 2021
• Louise Miller is a high school nerd who doesn't quite fit in.
  — Madison Douglas, Seventeen, 2 Feb. 2023
• After the nerds take back the school with one monologue, Alvin leaves the gym.
  — refinery29.com, 1 June 2023
• Alvin is a nerd who gets bullied all the time at school.
  — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 20 Jan. 2023
• Here's a top-shelf gift for the wine lover who's also a wine nerd.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 6 Oct. 2022
• Alvin is a nerd who gets bullied all the time at school.
  — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 9 Mar. 2021
• There's parts of yourself that could be a nerd, a gamer or a jock.
  — Caitlin Hernández, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• The astute nerd will ask why not just keep the ISS at the same low pressure as the suit.
  — Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
• Its à la carte menu feels like one for a true food nerd.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2022
• There's a lot that's new about the latest version, known to BMW nerds as the G20.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2018
• We long-term Kiefer nerds may not learn much, but so what?
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• Pick a new board game Two nerds looking for a date night?
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2020
• To the world around us, black children didn’t have a place in nerd culture.
  — Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, The Root, 15 Mar. 2018
• But that’s just part of what makes him, all over again, a nerd in a monster’s body.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2022
• But Fraser was a bit of a tech nerd and was well-versed in the e-commerce site.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2019
• Maybe your dad’s a sports fan, word nerd, or fitness freak.
  — Malia Griggs, SELF, 3 Oct. 2020
• But Before the Storm takes the time to push beyond the easy tropes and find the unexpected depths of the jock and the nerd and the creep.
  — Scott Meslow, GQ, 5 Apr. 2018
• The Lightning Network, once the Bitcoin nerds’ pet project, has emerged as the killer app.
  — Kjartan Rist, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
• The title role of nerd Rick Steadman is played by Dave Ring.
  — Courant Community, 19 June 2018
• Ask Clay: What is the difference between a geek and a nerd and wonk?
  — John D'anna, azcentral, 23 Apr. 2018
• Here was the kind of culmination of this school nerd’s dream to go.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
• But our tech nerds sifted through the votes to bring you the people’s choices.
  — miamiherald, 22 Mar. 2018
• Willy and his boys ridicule Bernard for being a studious nerd.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2022
• Bose is one of those consumer brands that can divide a room full of nerds.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• The pour-over is a coffee nerd’s version of a priestly rite.
  — Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
• The lawyer called Way a performer who was essentially dressed in nerd cosplay throughout the trial.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
• While those bottlings are common sights on both retail and bar shelves, the brand’s limited products have built a fervent following among passionate whiskey nerds.
  — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025