| 单词 | worm |
| 例句 | Squish me into the mud like the worm that I am. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z "Eat? Why didn't you say eat? I thought you just wanted me to get up for fun. Eat? Fine. Now you're reasonable. You go out and dig some more worms and I'll be right down." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He turned to look at Buckbeak, who was digging his beak into the ground, apparently searching for worms. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It took only a little while, though, before most of them seemed to lose track of me, their focus centered instead on the fit of their garden gloves and the worms in the soil. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z While the grey light lasted, they cowered under a black stone like worms, shrinking, lest the winged terror should pass and spy them with its cruel eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “And even if we were, no way would I ever eat worms. Not without ketchup, anyhow.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “No, you don’t, Elizabeth. You opened this can of worms. Now I’m closing it,” the judge’s wife say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Bigwig found some horse dung along the track, dug the worms out of it, overcame his disgust and carried them one by one. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I wormed into the passage, on my knees. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She would manufacture a beautiful corpse, with the linen shroud and a plush-lined coffin with purple trim, and she would put it at the disposition of the worms with splendid funeral ceremonies. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I pin my worm at either end and make a slick vertical cut; the worm twists as they do on fishhooks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The chickens were always eager for whatever Stella tossed—worms and all. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Yes, and the queen sent this one”—Nehemia jerked her head at Kaltain—“to bring me around with that sweating worm of a man as well.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He pulled up the string and showed Dicey a half-eaten worm still impaled on the hook. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And like dust do many remain all their lives, until they are put away in dust, in a place of worms and maggots. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The flashlight wormed its way into his guts and turned the sweet taste of muscadine into rotten fetid bile. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z After a rain the driveway was crawling with worms, and Joe crushed every one of them under his heels. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Surviving worms in Louisiana were found to have as much as 20 parts per million of heptachlor in their tissues 6 to 10 months after treatment of the area. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I open my backpack and give her my gummy worms. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The hose flew out of the Jackboots’ hands and whipped wildly about like a sliced worm. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z As she combs the emerald bushes, she looks for telltale signs—eggs no bigger than pinpricks, or leaf edges scalloped by the jaws of an inching worm. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Some farming populations make it even easier for their own fecal bacteria and worms to infect new victims, by gathering their feces and urine and spreading them as fertilizer on the fields where people work. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Each time the sparrow returned, it carried a bug or a worm in its beak and busied itself over the nest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “For now, we have to be like the little worm in the cocoon of the butterfly. All closed up and secret until the day...” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Inside there is a wiggly worm with no hair. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He abhorred the idea of eating live worms or dead insects. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She sat me in a basin of warm water with salt, because she thought that might draw more worms out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She lifted a flap of hair and showed me a scar, pink and waxy like a gummy worm, behind her ear. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Dead earthworms had been seen in numbers after a gentle rain; probably the robins had fed on the poisoned worms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “One cannot remove the worm without destroying the apple.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At the time, I was contemplating a long pickled worm stretched out in a square steel pan. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Awaking at dawn, he immediately tugged on irrigation boots and a sweater and plunged outside to dig worms from the rich damp earth along his irrigation ditch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew if she worked hard she could worm her way into Grandpa’s good graces. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The solution seemed obvious to me: The worms always came when it rained, and it was easy enough to make some rain for them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Dozens of insects, worms, and grubs squirmed in the unaccustomed light. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “In no way, madam, unless you be a priest, a magician, or a man of medicine. My wife is being devoured by a stomach worm.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Cole scanned the ground once more and caught two more worms that surfaced with the new rain. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z After four days, I only had to show up with my bucket, and the worms, drawn by my footsteps and the promise of water, crawled to the surface. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Simeon stuck the paper worm into the MoonPie, making it a wick. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Also took him to the vet. Your dog needed shots and medicine for worms. Wasn’t cheap.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z His weeding was turning up bugs and worms, morsels that the crows wanted, he knew, and it put his seedlings at risk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Because we spent our money on his bungy. He’s got worms again.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of his studies he conducted at home, but he looked at worms wherever he went. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And don’t you just hate that, Cerseii "Perhaps I'm dangerous too. You, on the other hand, are as big a fool as every other man. That worm between your legs does half your thinking." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Won’t even be a worm left alive on that beach by the time we get there.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A worm was food, food was energy, and energy was life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “All right, Teen Dreamers — start digging for worms. It’s what’s for lunch.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I’m not afraid of snakes or worms but I am afraid of these bloomers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I was just digging up some worms,” Dallas protested. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you weren’t the first person Riddle wormed things out of,” Harry muttered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We worm our way through to the front and see one of the cubs nursing from its mother. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Dr. Barker found deposits of DDT throughout the digestive tracts of the worms, their blood vessels, nerves, and body wall. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A few days before school ended, Doon had found the worm on the underside of a cabbage leaf he was slicing up for dinner. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The kind of tired that worms its way into the bone and stays there, feeding on the marrow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Zak tries to hurry away from me, but I've got questions that need answering and I'm not about to let him worm his way out of them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We did not understand how dozens of foot-long white worms got into our bellies and made them ache. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “Here, sir,” Alyce said, handing the baby to his father, “no stomach worm, but a loud and lusty boy.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Runt bounded off and came back a few minutes later with a worm hanging from his jaw. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I could drink down the whole bowl and it wouldn’t even give me indigestion. Alas, we can no longer turn water into worm.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “The worms never get satisfied, regardless of how much food you give them,” she said when Romanians complained about the food shortages brought on by her husband’s mismanagement. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Shasta wormed his way through the crowd and there saw Edmund, looking very angry indeed, Corin looking a little ashamed of himself, and a strange Dwarf sitting on the ground making faces. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Somewhere inside her, a black worm of dread stirred. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He wondered if they had blundered into a nest of milk snakes or giant grave worms, soft and pale and squishy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Setting worms to work at the base of the com plants. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If he had only known it, the hot dogs, huckleberry pie, strawberry pop and worms squirming on the hook weren’t doing them much good. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z To survive, he ate worms and snails and other sluggish, deaf, and blind little creatures that inhabited the soft, mysterious soil. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The roots of the ceiling begin to worm, lengthening like vines and crawling across the underside of the hill. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And I know mostly you wouldn’t want to do this but umm I wanted to let the sad part worm all the way through me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z On the workbench where he keeps his paints, glues, knives, and pliers, there’s a hand and arm, done in plastic resin, arteries worming from the cut end, straps to strap it on. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And 11 worms form a small part of a day’s rations to a bird that eats i o to 12 earthworms in as many minutes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I declare he goes out and pinches off its worms.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure those worms were going to be happy with their new place, but they wiggled their way into that dry dirt like it was home sweet home. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z You think of Jonah, who, after enduring being partially digested by the whale, burst into tears on a mountaintop when the gourd vine protecting him from the sun was devoured by a worm and died. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Once, when he and I were eating noodles, he told me the noodles really were worms. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I am not a worm,” he whines sleepily. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I learned my lesson with the mud worms, so I drug out an old piece of plywood and lay on that. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “A little one, that lives in oak trees, and eats wasps and worms and sparrows’ eggs—it grows no greater than this. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It makes me want to keen, sing, clap up thunder, lie down at the foot of a tree and let the worms take whatever of me they can still use. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of lip glosses or eyeshadows, it was full of plastic worms. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z At one point, the women held a contest among tables to see how many worms they could find in their food. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The mill towns, with all respect, are knots of worms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles decided to study worms more closely—their behavior and how their movements affected the ground. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not a real worm, I tell him. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They killed me with mushy apples and pasta worms and little cakes that marched out of the oven and lay down to be frosted. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Grass and thorns, blackberries broken on the ground, mud, worms, rotting leaves, a rat creeping through the bush. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And when the plowing was done and the worms had all disappeared, either eaten or safely underground, Mr. Fitzgibbon came back with the harrow, breaking down the furrows, and turned them all up again. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Afterward Matt discovered a writhing mass of worms living in the meat, and he watched them grow and eventually turn into buzzing flies themselves. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z You pouted, but refused to stop, transporting a third worm from the gray concrete onto the grassy earth. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Still I continued to worm my way ahead, moving by inches. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I pin the worm’s skin out to the sides. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But it didn’t feel okay even when he tried to give me a gummy worm because I had a recess feeling in my stomach and I didn’t want it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime my little sister Abby was picking worms out of my shovelfuls of dirt. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z In fact, his feelings were all in a ball and twisting crazily in his stomach like those bunches of bait worms in cardboard canisters that Nick sold in his store. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they went on looking through the glass at anemones, sea cucumbers, and tube worms. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He marched off and the others followed behind, worming through the crowd and up to the light. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z His lips were as soft and red as the worms you found after a rain, and his eyes were vain and cmel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Within seconds he was worming his way into the thicket; but not before he had glimpsed the legs of a savage coming toward him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z What was the power that turned the worm into a moth? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He put the bug book back under his bed and pulled out the box where he kept the green worm. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z None of us could read English, but I learned later that those curving marks that twisted like worms were the letters of the man’s name: Mr. Reamer. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But when he placed the worms on Emma’s piano—in flower pots—then the worms responded to the vibrations they felt. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But an extra pair of hands digging for worms wouldn’t have been the worst thing in the world. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Horrified, they watched Papa squeamishly impale a muddy worm on the hook. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This apartment could use a few worms, Theresa thought. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The long worm bunched up and squirmed to get free, so he brought it quickly to his mouth and poked it safely past his cracked lips. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z How did Miss Sadie know things like where to find worms in the moonlight? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Fresh flowers and tender shoots of vegetation were used to supplement the worm diet, also berries and whatever fruit a Sparra could carry in flight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “The vet gave her all her shots, a tick bath, checked for worms,” answered Nate. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I couldn’t even figure out what to say to her over the dead worm we were supposed to cut up together. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His rough-skinned face was purple with rage, and the veins in his eyes bulged like tiny red worms. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She could not cry, she would not cry, the worms must never see her weep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Thoughts she did not like wormed in from the sides, from beneath, through the cracks, from places she had battened down. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I am blind and deaf, and they are worms, she told herself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He bit his lip, and let a lifeless worm dangle between his fingers before he dropped it on the wet earth. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Hardly a couple of ounces of feathers and bones. But that bird can fly to Africa and back. Powered by bugs and worms and desire.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Still she spent hours with Charles in the garden, watching the worms. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Already there are disturbing records of heavy mortality among more than 20 other species of ground-feeding birds whose food — worms, ants, grubs, or other soil organisms — has been poisoned. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Gotcha!” yelled Ron, pulling a second pod from the stump just as Hermione managed to burst the first one open, so that the bowl was full of tubers wriggling like pale green worms. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A tiny idea was beginning to worm its way into Grayson’s head; he could barely feel it as it brushed by all the claptrap in his brain. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The five of them had wormed their way up to the front of the auditorium. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Probably not—she’d probably know he was a worm right from the start. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They could make little fondant pencils, and maybe even some fondant apples, with little worms poking out. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Later, she would pack up the cookies in her burlap sack, she would dig in her imaginary garden with the worms and the praying mantises and the dog. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She just told me about her dad and then picked up the scalpel and cut our worm open. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t go fishing with Uncle Edisto whenever Peach visited. His screaming scared away the fish—'This boat’s rocking too hard!’ and ‘Don’t hurt that worm!’ Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Nate crawled along his uncle’s vegetable garden, tugging up weeds and flicking away fat green worms. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to throw a Mess Night that would worm its way into the oral history of the Marine Corps. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Scrawny kitten, belly swollen with worms, crawling with fleas. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The worms and bacteria had eaten the rest. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z It looks stubby and waxy like five pale fat worms attached to the palm. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Several birds flew to and fro diligently dropping worms on him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Awful old hypocrite, telling everyone else to help you and trying to worm out of it himself. And for heaven’s sake keep away from that horn.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z TheoHarper dropped worms on my head from the hill over the river when I went fishing. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Flies, wasps, worms and all manner of crawlies had been thoroughly investigating him all afternoon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He’s on his board Right now and he’s Taunting three girls, His fat tongue Wiggling like a worm From the chipped place In his mouth. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When little kid recess starts I give Michael more planet stickers and all the gummy worms in my pocket. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mopane worms are literally the cheapest thing that only the poorest of poor people eat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z After it had been there for about a week, I went to saw myself a slab at dinnertime and found it crawling with little white worms. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It surprised me to see a girl not afraid to pick up worms. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z If it was our worm, couldn’t it also be our hearts, our hands, our lips? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His words had got blowed so deep under my skin that only way they’d come out was when the worms reclaimt ’em. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He wormed his ship through the ice pack to reach seventy-one degrees south latitude, and then turned north again without ever seeing the land. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I grew up poor, but there’s poor and then there’s “Wait, I’m eating worms.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There were no piles of trash to worm into, no burned- out buildings to climb through. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I look at slides, planaria worms in section with their triangular heads and cross- eyes, bacteria colored with vivid dyes, hot pinks, violent purples, radiant blues. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The tired worm reproduces much more slowly at the end of the day than at the beginning when Mother started the first of five bags. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z To the touch, the crocus sometimes felt soft: and slippery, like the flesh of a worm. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Catching this mouse would be better than a dozen worms or a hundred bugs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I can see its worm heart, which isn’t the shape of a heart, its central artery pumping worm blood, its digestive system, which is full of mud. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Rain and slop and shrapnel, nowhere to run, and all they could do was worm down into slime and cover up and wait. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And that worm you saw in the woman’s heart has somehow migrated into you. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And more people were interested in worms than Charles would have thought. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He remarked, “The alchemical worm Ouroboros that encircles the world devours itself.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The hose lay curled in the grass like a giant worm. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Gradually, perhaps under the influence of a Middle English AMA, the worm was given sole rights to the word, and the doctor became the doctor, out of dek, meaning to accept, later to teach. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z You looked at another squashed worm on the sidewalk. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They wrap around her small, squirming body, until she's swaddled inside a pink chrysalis like a writhing worm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When finally, full of worms, she collapsed in the ravine beside our house, we reevaluated our mother's healing powers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Everything around was still dripping, and the air was as wet as a sodden sponge, full of the smells of dank vegetation, of rot, of earth crawling with worms. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z So, King Bull had lost the sword to a giant worm with poison teeth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “You stole my husband!” she screamed at me, then she reached for Jorge, stretching her arms pathetically, her fingers moving like worms. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t mean it to worm out as a question and was mad at myself for asking instead of stating. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In a later work, he announced that the number of worms to be found in an average acre of English country soil was 53,767. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “But first I want to be sure that you’re not lying. Let’s go. Take me to where that worm is hiding.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were ripe, or very close, just shy of being dry, and the worms and squirrels had been at them, but they still found enough to cut the edge off their hunger. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The pain was like a crawling worm in his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Yep, I’m remembering that now. When I asked him what he was going to eat, he said he’d manage on worms and stuff.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I wormed into the small rectangle of space in front of the mirror where Fang was peeling off. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z On one of the leaves was a worm about an inch long. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But we could lift up a log and take some grub worms and do quite fine too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It would take them a week to break a path through the thicket; and anyone who wormed his way in would be helpless. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Maybe I broke a rule about the bowl, putting worms in it.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z We worked quickly, scooping up handfuls of dirt before the worms could wiggle their way deep into the ground. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Bigwig could hear a worm moving in the earth nearby and faintly down the tunnel came the sound of some small creature pattering through the grass outside. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “No saint, no angel. Corpus bones, I but delivered a child. Your wife never had a stomach worm.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind still pushed and pulled at me with slapping hands, and it still wormed up my sleeves and down my neck. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Whenever I ate these worms, whose skins were like those of miniature porcupines, my stomach would tighten in severe cramps, and I would have no bowel movement for days. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Livers infested with these worms are unfit for use as human food and are routinely condemned. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "And then I suppose you wormed your way into this penthouse?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The dirt floor, populated by earth worms, looked like a gray road map. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Such worm holes in space, a little like those in an apple, have been seriously suggested, although they have by no means been proved to exist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And sure as the worms followed the rain, the kids followed the worms. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wasn’t sure if we’d be putting you down with the worms.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Thankfully Matthias noted that she refrained from putting worms and dead insects on his portion. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Warbeak was going to kill him twice, then cut him up and drop him from the top of a high tree for the worms to feed upon! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My eyes are still adjusting, but from what I can see, there is a network of passageways worming below the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Because almost everyone is acquainted with the silkworm, and because it is the most useful and noblest of all worms and caterpillars, I have here recorded its transformation.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I tried everything but the worms, including the algae. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They jumped from lively wiggle worms to frozen statues just as we neared their yard. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon both native and African women were bringing her specimens and describing uses for each leaf, worm, and beetle. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The arm on that same side was big as a log and crawling with white worms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The girls accept this truth and examine the newly hatched worms for signs of despair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But what I carried in my head and deeper in my perceptions was a barrel of worms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew he would lose last night’s dinner if he saw little white worms crawling out of...anywhere. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Wondering who owns the river and the line, and the hook, and the worm. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Two days later, Reggie went missing, apparently having wormed his bulky body through a tiny rent in the corner of the pen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Gus out in the garden in his greasy baseball cap, picking nasty green worms off the tomato plants. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Despite the fine hardwood casket, might she have worms in her already? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z An idea worms its way into Tanner’s brain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I catch the warm little trunk like a worm, and it wraps around my finger. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When I hit the cold water and give my underwear a shake, the worms let go. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Wick had to be nearby, the little worm. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Little plumes of smoke, thick as worms, began to writhe in the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We look at the diagram of the inside of the worm, in the Zoology textbook: this is what we’re supposed to see once we get the worm open. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z One man came limping in, unassisted, on a gangrened leg teeming with worms. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Me too,” Dallas said, flinging his worm at her. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Until they make amends, bad people will come back in the next life as snakes, slugs, or worms. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew he was thinking about her because he had this worried face, staring at his dinner plate as if it were filled with worms instead of spaghetti. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, if you too scared . . .” I knew this was a worm with a hook in it but I bit anyway. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at the fire, at the hearthstones, at the candlestick holding the black leather book open, the words crawling like worms across the page. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z True, many already knew that silk moths came from “worms.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “There’s more worms than grain in our meal.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z In the middle of the tools, a dead worm just sat in a Pyrex cup. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z While there, he heard the worms saying that the roof-beam had been almost gnawed through so that it would soon fall and crush all beneath it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He could see the tom veins in the dead man's wrist, iron worms in the pale flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Cells were filthy, bedding was unwashed, the food often contained worms and insects. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z They had short, soot-black fur, little red eyes, pink paws like tiny hands, and pink, hairless tails like long, smooth worms. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Some enterprising filarial worms, having worked their way up into his eyeballs, started making him blind, and he grew very gaunt and miserable. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z You ran a finger along the dead worm’s body, then picked it up again and put it on the earth around the tree. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We was already dead and I wasn’t gonna spend my last minutes on earth begging no worm from the bottom of a outhouse for my life. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I felt the darkness, but nothing else, and my head rose, feeling it, like the head of a worm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Hours later the stitches appear in slow motion, the needle a worm laying tiny eggs that sink into brown cloth. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But I knew her sick from the disease that would not go, her legs bunched under the yellow sheets, the bones gone limp as worms. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Frog did not see it, but those who did claimed Cleon’s copper armor rent like silk, and from within came an awful stench and a hundred wriggling grave worms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Get that butt down, Cooper, like you was a dog scratching for worms,” the coach called out. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Fat white worms wriggled out of the mouthpiece. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He was Lord Ramsay’s creature, lower than a dog, a worm in human skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he bent down and wormed his way into the center of the mat. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I’m glad I have stickers and gummy worms for him. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z All this history seems both plausible and creditable, good reading for doctors, but there is always that other leech, the worm. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the summers she took them to Clover, where she’d send them into the fields to pick worms off tobacco leaves by hand. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I put my hands in my pants pocket and rediscover my gummy worms. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There she baited the hook with a worm from her pocket, put it into the water, and waited. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z This one hangs out in the same crowd with hook, line, and sinker and lock, stock, and barrel. can of worms. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But why did he need salt beef, hard cheese, and bread crawling with worms when he had wine to nourish him? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He wormed his way through the thicket toward the forest, keeping as far as possible beneath the smoke. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Carefully he turned the soft yellow pages of his book, a few delicately tunneled by worms. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Nothing could catch a dwarf underground, not even a Skaylian rock worm. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Lazlo had never even seen cake, let alone tasted it, and he’d been whipped for eating windfall apples that were more worm than fruit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I picked out the worms and tossed them through the porthole, then gave the biscuits to Ruth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The bin was more than half-filled with potatoes and smelled of damp earth and worms. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When I looked, there was a long worm inside. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I thank him and worm my way through the crowd toward Dad, wanting to tuck myself under his arm. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I hoped you wouldn’t ask about this, because it opens up a can of worms. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Just to be even more certain, I wormed a line into GBAM’s profile on Cutter’s Way. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I rolled out three worms of dough and curled one on top of each pie as instructed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The Otter sloop-of-war is hove to and careened in the channel while it undergoes repair; men crawl upon its belly, scraping at barnacles and repairing the work of the worm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z No more feeling cramped like a worm in a nut! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The rose cockatoo rested once again on her arm, the earring dangling from its beak like a golden worm. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Back at Down, Charles involved the whole family in his worm obsession. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax picked up the worm and bit into it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The surface was swimming with dead bugs: fruit flies, worms, and a soggy brown caterpillar. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Marching around on the ground in front of Yelena’s headstone, pecking at bugs and worms, was the raven from before. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A vast amount of information on the biology of the screw- worm had been accumulated over the years by Agriculture Department scientists in Texas. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I turned back to the worm and made another cut and began to pin back the worm’s flesh, taking meticulous notes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A dirty bundle of rags and mud was trying to worm its way up the steps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If Dad had been in there, ants and worms could have gotten in through the cracks and eaten him, or at least microscopic bacteria could have. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The plains hid no rodents, no grubs, no worms, no snakes, no scorpions; they gave rise to no other trees, no shrubs, no grasses, no flowers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m not afraid of snakes or worms but I am afraid of these bloomers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z After a while the sparrows drifted off, some to their nests, others to hunt worms. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In addition, hunter-gatherers frequently shift camp and leave behind their own piles of feces with accumulated microbes and worm larvae. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The veins of the young girl’s legs suddenly appeared like worms on her dark skin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And I don’t feel guilty about the rides anymore when I discover that Justin has managed to worm his way into the morning car schedule. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z On the other hand, Trabb’s boy might worm himself into his intimacy and tell him things; or, reckless and desperate wretch as I knew he could be, might hoot him in the High Street. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Dedd was about to remind her little sister of her fear of spiders, worms, noodles in her soup, but she let Mate go on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All came under the general heading of “worm.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She zipped it to my phone with a patch that I opened first to prevent the worm from vaporizing my hard drive. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “The worm. The worm. It knows what I know, and it wants to kill me.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Everywhere the birds were busy with worms that had come to the damp surface of the ground. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam wormed forward until his hand closed over a small, warm body. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z After his father died Joe didn’t fish much, and the times he did go, he went with friends and lots of beer and plenty of worms. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I cut a sapling for a pole, found some worms under a log, and went fishing. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I do her worm for her, when the teacher isn’t looking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The light was warm, promising more temperate weather in the near future, but even the sight of robins scrabbling for worms couldn’t brighten Ophie’s mood. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful side of me had surfaced, at last. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The cabbage plants were so infested with worms, I couldn’t bring myself to look at them. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The holidays would be the perfect time to use the Polyjuice Potion and try to worm a confession out of him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Except for the bacteria and worms that might still be alive in the remains of the animals, there was no other life left on the lifeboat but Richard Parker and me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Then it flew off into the trees, the red strip dangling from its beak like a long, bloody worm. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I see myself lying in a tomb beside my father’s sheeted body where the worms feed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Failing to find more worms, he turned his attention to bugs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I found out later that their fruit was too small and bitter and full of worms to be eaten, but right then the trees filled the air with the sweet promising scent of blossoms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Quang forces a swallow before explaining we are used to fresh-killed chicken that roamed the yard snacking on grains and worms. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Johnny came out with a fishing pole and a rusty tin can filled with worms in mud. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I take two gummy worms out of my pocket and give them to Michael. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “His wits are gone. He’s full of blood and worms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One day, he decided to see if he could figure out what worms hear. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, an uncomfortable feeling wormed its way between Pong's ribs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They gave the watch-fire a wide berth, and wormed their way forward bit by bit, until they came to the edge of the river, gurgling away in the black shadows under its deep banks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Against the khaki-colored sand and the green shore wavelets, his body was bisected for a moment, like a white worm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Everywhere you look is life; even the little ball of spit on the weed stalk, if you poke it apart, has a green worm inside it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Then, while his morning coffee perked, he dangled worms into the robin’s open beak. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a worm, but at least I had the strength of character to be ashamed of it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Several days before, the worm had done a curious thing: it had wrapped itself up in a blanket of threads. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But there was a small worm that kept attacking the drying meat. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Very carefully, I lowered myself over the edge of the bed and wormed my way underneath the mattress. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I distributed the furniture among the various tenants, except the dining-room table, which was still intact despite the worms that had got into everything, and the wrought-iron bed that had belonged to my parents. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You found another dead worm on the pavement and put it on the earth. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I had to read measuring markings on my machine, and sometimes I simply couldn't; the fine lines on the instruments looked like tiny wiggly worms. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z We cut some tamarisk branches for poles and dug worms for bait. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, they excreted live worms with their bloody stools. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He was thinking of his green worm, which had been behaving oddly, refusing to eat and hanging from the side of its box with its chin tucked in. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “The man wants us to dissect a worm!” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z And the brushing little worm of a notion was beginning to tickle him now. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Arul crouched down with you, patting your hand as you crooned to the dead worms. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z At that moment in Macondo Úrsula took the cover off the pot of milk on the stove, wondering why it was taking so long to boil, and found it full of worms. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “It’s the inside of a worm,” I said. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Here and there are worms, evidence of the fertility of the soil, caught by the sun, half dead; flexible and pink, like lips. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And if there are any gummy worms grab some before they’re all gone. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I draw a diagram of the worm, cut open, beautifully labeled. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Alone in the silence, he wondered if it was possible for a snake to worm its way into the trailer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt worms wiggle against her muddy sides. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In other versions the dead bird bursts into flames, and the new one arises from the ashes, but the worm story is very old, told no doubt by an early biologist. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The shovel brought butter clams, sticks, and sea worms up with it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A thick brown worm reaching up to ten inches in length, the Flobberworm moves very little. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a worm in your heart, but you can cast it out.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And the inside was full of worms, too. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No. 46 wormed his way deeper into Brown’s confidence. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even worms coiled back and forth to escape capture and death. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It’s even sad when it’s a slimy gray worm that gave its life for science. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I might as well have just been born, or just wormed through a Lazarus Door—one atom at a time. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It is important because many aquatic snails serve as hosts of dangerous parasitic worms that spend part of their life cycle in a mollusk, part in a human being. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She wormed her way out into the backyard, where a knot of boys were chugging beer and arguing about the football team’s chances of the playoffs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Insects are beset not only by viruses and bacteria but also by fungi, protozoa, microscopic worms, and other beings from all that unseen world of minute life that, by and large, befriends mankind. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The second and third worms Cole found were smaller, and he ate them quickly. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z At last Ralph wormed out of the ferns and sneaked forward to the edge of that impenetrable thicket that fronted the neck of land. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z No one dared to disobey him, even though half an hour later he had forgotten his previous foolhardy notions and wandered off to hunt worms. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z If the room grew too hot or too cold or she handled the worms too roughly, they died. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As Cole reached for more grass, he spotted a worm near his hand and grabbed it instead. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It looked like thousands of worms were under his skin, squirming to find a way out. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But suppose something had happened to him....Meggie shook her head as if to drive away the bad thoughts that had wormed their way in yet again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z So I stood and listened, just for a minute, like a hungry robin listening for worms. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But I wasn’t worried about my period, which couldn’t possibly be worse than the worms I’d found in my panties. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My eyes were swimming: green, green, worm, string, rotten pod, green, green. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It is an antique term for physician, and also for the aquatic worm sanguisugus, used for leeching. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The first set of puzzles about anteaters and elephants had to be easier than the set of puzzles about beavers and worms, which in turn had to be easier than the final set about fish. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so crazy digging worms by lamp light and setting out for Lake Sabelia after midnight that she felt like a child breaking rules. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z My flesh will feed the wolves and carrion crows, she thought sadly, and worms will burrow through my womb. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We had just met, hugged, and maybe even loved our mother, smelled the coconut oil in her big braids, and there my sisters were, wiggling like worms in a bait box. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z So far, the bundled-up worm had shown no signs of life. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Declaration taunted Peach: "Where they throw dirt over dead people and leave them there for the worms/” She turned to sneer at me: "It’s stupid!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Dallas pulled a long red worm from the soil. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It consisted in baiting the hook, casting it dramatically, waiting a while, pulling it up minus worm and fish and starting the whole thing over again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Free them, you mean? Is that wise? They were sent here to worm their way into your trust, so they might betray Your Grace at the first chance.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dolorous Edd went off muttering of worms and spiders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The worms were unmistakable—and there were the crystalloids—the bricks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The golf lady and the librarian and the commenters in the USA Today article—the rock lifts, and the worm wriggles out, and the fury stirs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Years ago, Uncle Josiah had suggested to Charles that worms moved the dirt around; it looked as though that movement made rocks sink into the ground. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked to look at the action of worms in different types of soil. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But the thought keeps worming back in, undermining every attempt to rout it out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I hunted around in the shed behind the inn and found a sort of mattock, and went down toward the stream to try and dig some worms for bait. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Holly wormed her free hand to the helmet controls. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Grows push and prod at my sides, worming their way beneath me, and I let them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Cautiously, his stick trailing behind him, Ralph wormed between the rising stems. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It swings in front of her like a pendulum, an enormous and muscled worm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “It ends when Casterly Rock is cracked open, so the sun can shine on the maggots and the worms within. It ends with the utter ruin of Tywin Lannister and all his works.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “God only knows what I have got under my skin from being here. I may die of tuberculosis, or perhaps there are worms right now eating me inside.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z To my everlasting delight, I had somehow managed to get Dorothy Plunk as my partner for the worm dissection. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "What a disgusting little worm you are. Myrcella is my only daughter. Did you truly imagine that I would allow you to sell her like a bag of oats?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She’d see how I drank a bottle of tequila and ate the worm later on to forget and feel better about the whole thing. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Then, with barely enough room to turn around, they wormed themselves into the sleeping bags and attempted to sleep as the boat bucked up and down through the heavy swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Cole watched the birds flitting among the downed branches, feeding on bugs and worms. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Little by little, the women wormed her story out of her—or as much of it as Nhamo dared to tell. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was doing the work for Dorothy, my partner on this worm—and maybe more. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z You worm your way into one account, then branch out to their friends, then their friends, and eventually, you’re able to track the location of any player in New York City. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The worm was easier to chew than grass and went down with the first swallow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The family hens were attacking the earth, searching for worms and insects, clucking and muttering to one another like proud, fat little abbesses. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Tremble, worms!” may work well as an opener for Ming the Merciless. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I wanted nothing so much as to tell her how sorry I was for being one of the invisible worms that flew in the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Joel says the chickens get about 20 percent of their diet from the fresh grass, worms, grasshoppers, and crickets they find. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The Mississippi River wormed through the middle of the city. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Park could tell her that he had lice and leprosy and parasitic worms living in his mouth, and she would still put on fresh ChapStick. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “The Stormcrows know the Yunkai’i. Their tongues are worms that wriggle this way or that. The Green Grace will come back with worm words, not the captain.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her fingers closed about them, damp and hot, like worms. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A worm of worry wiggles in my head. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z But a nasty little worm of anger began to stir in me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “You committed a great crime, but you at least deserved to be born as a worm or a lizard. I mean, really, it’s a bit drastic to be born as a softskin, don’t you think?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The happy hens scrabbled in the dirt for bugs and worms. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “We’d better feed it. Bigwig, go and get some worms or something, there’s a good fellow.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The current seemed to cut around me once I wormed my way to the upriver side of the van. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Glistening in the soft ground around the saplings were hundreds of big fleshy worms. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I feel the rain on our backs as you crouch on the road, trying to save worms. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He was just scraping his bowl, and Sammy was holding up his face like a robin waiting for a worm, when Lizza came in. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z All the articles of his trade were filed away on the coast, sea cradles here, octopi here, tube worms in another place, sea pansies in another. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he finished covering another sack with roses, he was as excited as a little boy digging worms to go fishing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His teeth crunched on dirt, and there wasn’t much flavor, but he chewed as he watched another big worm creep slowly past his hand just inches beyond his reach. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In it was some barley, a little sand for grit, bread crumbs, cornmeal, diced apple peels, and sometimes even bugs or worms. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Florida cupped the worm and set it back in the mud. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z But Charles was “bent on going, chiefly for the worms.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I return you to the earth,” she whispered, worming her fist into the tiny space. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A snake kept in a laboratory cage had gone into violent tremors after being fed such worms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She sat on the edge of Gabriel’s bed, her right hand lightly touching his pillow, her fingers wriggling like worms. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Downstairs, he found enough food in Basta’s kitchen to quell the hunger that had been gnawing like a worm at the walls of his stomach. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The creature’s wings were crushed flat against its body at first, but soon they opened, and Doon saw what his green worm had become: a moth with light brown wings. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I always name my gummy worms before I eat them. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “But does not evil, like an invisible worm, work inside the fruit, even while the fruit seems fair?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "I don't want to escape. It's better here than it was in them woods. I don't want to eat no worms. Here, sprinkle some flour on the board." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s more like watching a bulldozer run over a worm. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The clothes he wore were rotten and faded, spotted with moss and eaten through with worms, but once they had been black. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Descartes exploded again, telling Beeckman he had learnt as much from him as he had learnt from ants and worms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “And worms and maggots all twisting about in their eye sockets.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When she could worm no farther, she roared in frustration, a strained, throaty cry. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The little boy started clucking and pecking ’round on the stage then he commenced scratching at the floor with his bare feet and you’d have swored he was digging up worms! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z James and Sammy came down later with some worms they had dug. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like when you lift a rock or a log in the forest and see the ground alive with a writhing mess of bugs and worms. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Then it crawled completely out of the green and onto the khaki and lost itself among dozens and dozens of other worms that were wriggling or just lolling about between the sea and the sky. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z They were on her like flies on a stink worm. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Pleased at having created such a sensation without opening my mouth, I smiled and bowed deeply—to discover that I stood before them in puris naturalibus, that is to say naked as a worm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They were deep down the tunnel worming through the caverns in the opposite direction. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She puts her face close to the worm. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The early bird gets the worm, for example, is plain. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I wish they were gummy worms because that’s my favorite but I Deal With It. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about everything underground, like worms, and roots, and clay, and buried treasure. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t look like a worm of any sort to me.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z "Yes, and just now my worm is thinking that perhaps it is time I took my leave." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Soil samples showed heavy infestations by tiny nematode worms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But she could not help—as she dug in the dirt, and sang to the worms, and prayed with the mantises—comparing this garden, this field, with her other gardens, with Sean’s garden. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I said, pointing to a package of pink worms. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Or does ownership consist only of a thin crust under which the friendly worms have never heard of trespassing? Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I wormed my way through rows of metal folding chairs, my eyes on his back. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Maybe the rain would bring out more worms. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The young birds hatched out there and stuck their heads out through the holes to get at the worms and bugs the grown birds brought to them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at the piles of worms, confused, just like me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “And now get out of my sight, you disgusting little worm, and give me some peace!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z In twenty minutes the rain stops, though, the sun comes out, the birds start to sing again—all those worms oozing up through the wet mud. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt suffocated in that cell, let out only to exercise and to eat, food that brought to mind a bowl of boiled worms. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Little lights moving like worms frolicked before his eyes, and the breath of despair had a nasty smell. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z All food was eaten uncooked, worms and small insects providing the main diet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I wormed forward, and wham!—something hit my shoulder. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I got sick over the worm,” Dorothy said, first thing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The gnome had just managed to get hold of a worm. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I wormed my way up to the auto-mobile and tugged on Granddaddy’s coat as the owner shouted “Sorry! She’s not for sale!” and climbed out of the machine. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z That smell of cold and damp always sends a little shiver down my spine, it’s like turning over a rock to see what’s underneath: moss and worms and earth. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have seen barren woman give birth, stomach worm transformed to innocent babe, dragon defeated by a girl who appeared from nowhere!” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z That learning about the Pythagorean theorem and arpeggios and dissecting worms is the only thing that could keep her mind off it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He had had so many in his life—beetles, barnacles, orchids, and now worms. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He toddles to the fence and wriggles underneath like a worm. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Kat had a hand to her mouth and her fingers were wriggling like worms. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z In a library book on African public health, before we left home, I found a drawing of a worm as thin as a hair meandering across the front of a man’s startled eyeball. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese is classic. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Yellow spiders ran when we turned rocks over and pale worms blind and afraid of light rolled over in their sleep. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Chipo scowled at the worms in the figs she was preparing. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When the host jockey became too malnourished, he could check into a hospital to have the worm removed, then return to the track and swallow a new pill. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound echoed queerly from the comers of the room and twisted like a worm inside their ears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Miranda was not interested in traveling down Memory Lane, so Chigger dropped the subject and opened up a jar of worms. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It pleaded only for help, wanting nothing more than a worm brought by its mother. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z If Emma struck a single note, high or low, the worms retreated into the soil. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He slams on the brakes, startling the ibises that are digging for worms in the soggy grass. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I eat one green gummy worm and one red. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Some insect, maybe a grasshopper or worm, found its way to the center of the chicken run and all the chickens went crazy pecking, flapping, and scratching to get at it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The worms sometimes came live, and my mother would order me to squeeze their greenish entrails out and rinse them in warm water, so as to make them taste less sour. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z With a sudden jerk, I broke free of Meir’s grip and wormed out from under him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Look, Auntie, look, her niece would cry, and when she opened her hand there would be a shiny flake of mica to see, or maybe a bisected worm, all squiggly confusion. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They talked about beavers and worms and then came to the second Blue’s clue — an iceberg. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The frog kicks and is more difficult than the worm, it looks a little too much like a person swimming. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Last year for the earthworm project, he’d been stuck with some kids who didn’t want to touch worms and another kid who kept trying to force everyone to eat the worms. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Many wear signs saying, SOY UN GUSANO, “I am a worm.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Garland said, “It’s a chance anyway, breaking free and coming here to Earth, where we’re not even considered animals. Where every worm and wood louse is considered more desirable than all of us put together.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes she is an impish child, too, sneaking chocolates and bringing worms into the house. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “If one of you has worms, you all have worms,” Mami said, and we knew better than to argue with her logic. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z And really, I didn’t care if they made their pies out of sweat socks and wiggle worms, as long as they turned out this sweetsmelling I’d eat them. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When you bite into a mopane worm, it’s not uncommon for its yellow-green excrement to squirt into your mouth. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She stopped to cough up what sounded like a large, wet worm from her throat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they left, warning him to be more careful in the future about how he dug for worms. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But there were neither snakes, worms nor cigarettes in the box and its contents were very uninteresting. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z West End — East End — they had poured from their houses onto the cool, damp sidewalks, and if they gave the worms any notice, it was only when they squashed one underfoot. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "I said I'd dig worms for you too, if you wanted." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He’d gone with a familiar mix, heavy on worms and frogs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes when I’m in a bad mood, all I want to do is stay there, and maybe live in pj’s and eat gummy worms. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Wheat got sick, so Sapiens had to keep a watch out for worms and blight. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At that time in Germany, all crawling things were called “worms” and all flying things “birds.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I had twenty- three cents—a dime I had earned running errands for my grandpa, and thirteen cents a fisherman had given me for a can of worms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I would patrol the rows on my hands and knees for any worms and bugs, and I would kill and bury them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In the small creek that wormed its way down through our fields, I caught crawfish with my bare hands. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Some vague thought was trying to worm its way into my dense, naive, childlike mind. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z That first almost-warm, after-the-rainy-night day in April, when you bolt from your house to find yourself in a world of worms. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The gnome under the rhododendron was now digging for worms at its roots, and Harry kept his eyes fixed upon it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was a strange voice, deep and thick and sort of clotted, as though it had to fight its way through a can of worms before coming out. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And it means that sometimes a whole population of frogs, or worms, or people, can die for no reason whatsoever, just because that is the way the numbers work. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The lizards are small and narrow, like green worms with feets and tails. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “The alchemical worm Ouroboros of ancient myth. Its teeth are sunk in its tail.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Separate trickles of blood spilled to a puddle on the floor through one saturated trouser leg like countless unstoppable swarms of wriggling red worms. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Corpses lined the benches below, grey-brown flesh sloughing off their bones as they raised their cups to toast, worms crawling in and out of the holes that were their eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z What is the poor worm doing shut up in a drawer? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It would be like the baby birds, or like the worms, or the mouse. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The worm in Grayson’s head had long since ceased to be a tiny tickle; it was now a maddening itch. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of our stash of worms outside. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Dicey woke early and dug up some worms. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at my corn dog and wonder if I’m the stupid worm. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Staring at the worms, they tried to classify the shapes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Seagulls hovered behind the plow, plucking easy fat worms. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “With a worm, of course. Seagulls love worms, didn’t you know that? And luckily for us, we have here the biggest, fattest, pinkest, juiciest Earthworm in the world.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She worked the dirt in the garden—rich dirt wriggling with worms—bringing a sad patch of vegetables to life. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z While it’s working, I worm my way into each of my teammates’ accounts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Slowly, slowly he began to crawl aside; but the Black Captain, in doubt and malice intent upon the woman before him, heeded him no more than a worm in the mud. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Gudanod, worms," yelled one of the soldiers, “tell us what we want to know! ” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z While I don’t know about the cleverness part, I do know that I am curious about the world—from worms and bugs to chicken fights and the bras Ma hangs in her room. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Runt dug up another worm and dropped it in front of Pax, and this time Pax got to his feet and took a few steps before sinking back down. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He felt trapped like a worm in a nut. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me help you,” he whispered again, and the insistent demand wormed its way into my brain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The worms wriggle and twine in the wax-bottomed trays, and snout their way along the sides, trying to get out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I deserve these gummy worms because I do spend all my time considering everything. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In feeding on the leaves the worms also swallow the insecticide, accumulating and concentrating it in their bodies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z An occasional scrap of chewed rawhide was all that remained of the worms. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When you collect marine animals there are certain flat worms so delicate that they are almost impossible to capture whole, for they break and tatter under the touch. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "And the worms are crawling in and out of the dead man's skull, in and out of his ear holes, his nose holes, his mouth holes, in and out of all his holes." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z So I offer him a gummy worm too. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z More than once Werner slices the sausage on his plate to find pink worms squirming inside. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “No need for a mocking tone, Lucille. We should use our windfall to improve our prospects. If it were up to you, we’d bury the money in the backyard to benefit the worms.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He shot and cooked rabbits and birds, but he could also eat scorpions, snakes, cockroaches, worms, slugs, beetles, and crickets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mom showed me the trick when I was three. She called it ‘the worm.’” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The thought of Scout worming his way through my hole in my fence and finding my ball makes me nuts. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She got dirt in her mouth but she didn't care, the taste was fine, the taste was mud and water and worms and life. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At a certain point the family thought I had worms. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It seemed to me we ought to have brought some poles along, and a can of worms, considering our catch. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There were vampires and witches and ogres and worms that burned. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Then ripped the half in half and twisted it into a paper worm. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z She would begin with a silkworm—the one “worm” no one scorned. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Some robins landed on the small lawn beyond the shallow end, hunting for evening worms. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Organic matter is broken down as it passes through the digestive tracts of the worms and the soil is enriched by their excretory products. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Somehow he wormed his way through the crowd to reach her. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go to the graveyard, Peach, where they throw dirt over dead people and leave them there for the worms?’ Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He told her about his collection of drawings and the worm he was currently observing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She tipped the vial into Seven’s mouth, and the green sludge slithered down her throat like a family of worms. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I took notes as he moved the parts of the worm around. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The first animals, creatures like worms and jellyfish, appeared only when she was forty. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Money to install water pipes, or to repair the electric wires that had gone down in the storm and hung like limp, useless, dried-up worms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Some of the birds he was aiming at this very moment were mothers with worms for their babies. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z On the way home Dad stops at CVS and buys me a whole bag of gummy worms. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited only till he had his breath back and then called, “Six I have seen, five slain, nine are told of: come out, worms!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Mostly they live on peacock snails, grubs, worms.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Watching paleontologists pulling things out of the ground—mostly worms—isn’t A-list entertainment. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Generally, it would be a tangled-up mess of grasshoppers and worms and praying bugs and little rusty tree lizards. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t catch anything, no matter how many times I threw my line with the worm in the water. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Some looked like worms and lizards, some like cute versions of bugs, and others that ended in a puff of fine feathers. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The female doctor on the other end was a parasitologist, someone who studies how parasites, such as worms, invade and damage the body. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Him be gap in wall like old worm mouse say about,” Warbeak chimed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A single dark thought wormed into her head: What if the Sleeper was telling the truth? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A scar clung to the side of his face like a giant worm, and a cruel smile twisted his mouth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The worms, my mother told me, flourished abundantly in the swamps of some of the tribal reserves. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nice little trilobite, that. Bit of worm damage on this side. But not too bad.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She’d tried everything from changing its position every twenty-seven minutes one weekend, to feeding it worm guts. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z A widow’s peak, close-set dark eyes, pinched cheeks, a mustache wriggling like a worm above a mouthful of broken brown teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes we’re given slides to look at: butterfly wings, cross- sections of worms, planaria stained with pink and purple dyes so you can see the different parts. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Just looking for my worm,” I say, continuing into the bathroom and hoping I didn’t sound like an idiot. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The gnome had finally managed to extricate his worm and was now sucking on it happily, leaning against the bottommost branches of the rhododendron bush. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z My brothers complained about the lack of worms for fishing and the difficulty of digging for them in the hard, parched ground. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The worms did not react to the noise at all. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hot up there, but there were no mice nor worms on the floor when it rained. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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