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Wormlike in a sentence

Wormlike meaning

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a worm.
  2. Having a smoothly curved form when heated.

Synonyms of Wormlike

cringing groveling grovelling wormy submissive

Related words

Other words often associated with Wormlike or its synonyms:

meek abject obedient dominated bowing humble spiritless worn bowed subordinate

Using Wormlike

  • The main meaning on this page is: Resembling or characteristic of a worm. | Having a smoothly curved form when heated.
  • Useful related words include: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormy.
  • In the example corpus, wormlike often appears in combinations such as: sinusoidal wormlike, wormlike body.

Context around Wormlike

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

sinusoidal 2×

Often after:

body 2× organisms 1× tubes 1×

Sentence patterns with Wormlike

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

plump sinusoidal wormlike body with 2× arose in wormlike organisms about 1× wormlike tubes would 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at its final 1× nervous tissue first 1× there the worm 1× wormlike tubes would 1×

Common sentence endings:

at the rear 2× break the skin 1× million years ago 1×

Words around Wormlike

Just before it in the word index:

wormley 2 worming 13 wormholes 23 wormhole 52 wormell 2 wormed 7

Just after it in the word index:

worms 353 wormtown 2 wormuth 7 wormwood 29 worn 2.034 wornall 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Wormlike

  • In this selection, "wormlike" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sinusoidal, body, organisms and tubes stand out and add context to how "wormlike" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include plump sinusoidal wormlike body with and arose in wormlike organisms about. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wormlike" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wormlike

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Nervous tissue first arose in wormlike organisms about 550 to 600 million years ago. (14 words)

Wormlike tubes would course through the victim's body and mechanical devices break the skin. (15 words)

There the worm clings to the gills while it metamorphoses into a plump, sinusoidal, wormlike body, with a coiled mass of egg strings at the rear. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

At its final stage, the female parasite, with fertilized eggs, clings to the gills of the fish and metamorphoses into a plump, sinusoidal, wormlike body, with a coiled mass of egg strings at the rear. (35 words)

There the worm clings to the gills while it metamorphoses into a plump, sinusoidal, wormlike body, with a coiled mass of egg strings at the rear. (26 words)

Wormlike tubes would course through the victim's body and mechanical devices break the skin. (15 words)

Example sentences (4)

At its final stage, the female parasite, with fertilized eggs, clings to the gills of the fish and metamorphoses into a plump, sinusoidal, wormlike body, with a coiled mass of egg strings at the rear.

Nervous tissue first arose in wormlike organisms about 550 to 600 million years ago.

There the worm clings to the gills while it metamorphoses into a plump, sinusoidal, wormlike body, with a coiled mass of egg strings at the rear.

Wormlike tubes would course through the victim's body and mechanical devices break the skin.

Common combinations with wormlike

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wormlike" in a sentence?
An example: "At its final stage, the female parasite, with fertilized eggs, clings to the gills of the fish and metamorphoses into a plump, sinusoidal, wormlike body, with a coiled mass of egg strings at the rear." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "wormlike" from authentic English texts.
What does "wormlike" mean?
Wormlike means: Resembling or characteristic of a worm.
What are synonyms of "wormlike"?
Common synonyms of "wormlike" include: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormy, submissive.
How many example sentences with "wormlike" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "wormlike", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.