Definitions
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- adjective Similar to a
worm . - adjective Similar to that of a
worm - adjective chemistry, of the molecules of a polymer Having a smoothly
curved form whenheated .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective totally submissive
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Examples
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Crossing Cherry Park yesterday, I encountered a sick dog expelling from its body wormlike creatures—it was particularly offensive, but I found myself drawn to watching the worms move about on the ground after dog and owner left.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Crossing Cherry Park yesterday, I encountered a sick dog expelling from its body wormlike creatures—it was particularly offensive, but I found myself drawn to watching the worms move about on the ground after dog and owner left.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Crossing Cherry Park yesterday, I encountered a sick dog expelling from its body wormlike creatures—it was particularly offensive, but I found myself drawn to watching the worms move about on the ground after dog and owner left.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Crossing Cherry Park yesterday, I encountered a sick dog expelling from its body wormlike creatures—it was particularly offensive, but I found myself drawn to watching the worms move about on the ground after dog and owner left.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Crossing Cherry Park yesterday, I encountered a sick dog expelling from its body wormlike creatures—it was particularly offensive, but I found myself drawn to watching the worms move about on the ground after dog and owner left.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Your sister was fine, screaming at the wall, “We're not afraid of you,” regenerated, grown into two new heads, wormlike as you jumped, punctuating the word kitchen and wanting to know if you wanted some and laughing like crazy.
Patricide: A Romance Chris Vola 2012
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Its a thread with a very damning message to Glen Beck and his wormlike followers.
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Now they had a place to crawl and appear wormlike.
uncharted terriTORI Tori Spelling 2010
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Eleven, purple, wormlike things with long, filament-limbs – lots of them – slithered around in one of my cargo holds.
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Ignoring the other person's attempts to engage you makes you come across as wormlike and gelatinous, leads to unproductive exchanges, and is never persuasive.
Barry Eisler: How to Argue (VIDEO) Barry Eisler 2010
vanishedone commented on the word wormlike
Hmm. WeirdNet defines wriggling as 'moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion', but its definitions for wormlike involve submissiveness rather than movement.
May 23, 2009