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Meanings of worming in English

The removal of intestinal worms.

Usage of worming in English
1
It was a small thought, worming its way through bitterness and self-pity.
Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
2
He has a knack for worming his way into a warm bed.
Love overboard
3
Now the woman's fingers were worming over the slope of Marta's shoulder.
Gratitude
4
And Grandma was worming her way up to the casket ahead of me.
Seven up
5
For the first time, Toveine felt fear, an icicle worming into her middle.
Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
6
But the first thread of doubt was worming its way through my stomach.
Narcissus in Chains
7
Now they were in the trees, worming their way forward, alert for sentinels.
The Son of Tarzan
8
A worming headache has lodged itself directly over Bunny's right eye.
The death of bunny munro: a novel
9
I was worming toward it when Katy swooped in, beaming, arms spread wide.
Bones of the Lost
10
Sheeta was worming his way stealthily forward, his belly close to the ground.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
11
There are ways, he reflected, of worming secrets from a woman-waysand means.
Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
12
He is worming his way into my uncle's confidence to an extraordinary extent.
The Man Who Knew
13
But why do you sit there worming things out of me?
Pan
14
Pop songs have a way of worming themselves into your head.
Wired
15
Where some folks might even conclude he was worming his way into your confidence?
The Kingmaker
16
Still, he was possessive and bossy and ruthlessly worming his way into her heart.
Darkness unleashed
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Worming through the time
Worming across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common