I little like that smoke which you may see worming up along the rock above the canoe," interrupted the abstracted scout.
In a moment Henry was worming his way, lying flat on the ground, through grass and prickly pears, toward his unsuspecting victims.
Wickwire, worming his way down the stream, had uncovered Sinclair and young Rebstock from behind.
High on the left bank itself, worming his way like a snake from point to point of concealment through the scanty brush of the mountainside, crawled Wickwire, commanding the pockets in the right bank.
Some little side-branch is chosen that runs through a gully so choked with laurel and briers and rhododendron as to be quite impassable, save by such worming and crawling as must make a great noise.
There, instead of retracing his steps, he sought a short-cut by plunging down to the headwaters of Haw Creek, thus worming deeper and deeper into the devil's nest.
George Hall, worming his way to the rear of the truck, which was going almost as fast as when on the hill.
As they wereworming their way up they heard another piece of news.
On came the man with the ball, and twelve yards had been ripped out through the very centre of the line of our heroes before they managed to nail Tom Hughes, who was worming his way forward with the pigskin.
The most proper persons for worming are either boys or girls from ten to fourteen years of age.
The worming should be strictly attended to every morning and evening, until the plants are pretty well grown, when every other day will be sufficient.
And if men ask him of a boar's feeding, it is properly called of acorns of oak's bearing, and of beechmast, the other feeding is called worming and rooting of the roots out of the earth that feed him.
Fitz placed himself at the corner of Gridley Street almost every day, intent upon worming something out of Leo.
If he told Leo, there would be an awkward scene, and he would be expected to comfort the poor boy, instead of worming out of him the dry facts of the robbery.
She met the air gratefully, worming her little hand into the curve of his elbow.
But they were pushing, shoving, worming into the great lighted entrance of the hall.
Like a badger worming his way out of a hole a bit too small for him, Carrigan drew himself through the window.
He continued again the slow operation of worming his rifle barrel between the pack and the rock.
Rose also refused to serve under a man whom he accused (unjustly, as we now know) of worming his way to office; and the high-spirited Canning declined to give to Pitt any pledge except that he would not laugh at the new Prime Minister.
Bonaparte and the Directory had kept the secret of their Eastern Expedition with far more care than Pitt displayed in worming it out.
Worming his way alongside, he frightened the swarming creatures, and they scattered, leaving him a clear view of the boat.
It was all he could do to keep from jumping into the boat, but he restrained his impatience and started worming over the side.
Thus was he worming his way behind the guard when the latter straightened up, opened his cavernous mouth in a wide yawn, and stretched his arms above his head.
Now they were in the trees, worming their way forward, alert for sentinels.
He threw himself prone upon the slippery slates, worming his lean person over them till he caught the girl's frock, and bidding her "hold fast!
Morgan was just preparing his engines when Rigby approached, cautiously worming his way along the trenches, for the marksmen were become unmercifully expert by reason of continued practice.
His curiosity was insatiable; and as a cross-questioner, when fairly at work, for worming out a secret he had not his fellow.
Carelessness in worming was an unpardonable offence in the days of slavery, and was frequently punished with great severity.
About the end of March I guess it to have been that Choiseul, by way of worming out poor Edelsheim's secrets, flung him into the Bastille for a day or two.
As the warrior emerged from the forest, Tarzan caught a fleeting glimpse of a tawny hide worming its way through the matted jungle grasses in his wake--it was Numa, the lion.
Fortunately the man saw the shadowy form worming its way toward him in time to climb into the branches of a tree before the beast was close enough to reach him.
And at once, to prevent any interruption of his plans, he resumed worming his way to the bank of the river.
As he spoke Art, worming his way rapidly forward to a position behind the trunk of one of the spruces, began firing rapidly.
Rain-dappled spaces appeared here and there in that undulating floor of uneasy logs, round which two floating windlasses were slowly worming another boom from shore to shore.
A lightning whip of pain shot through his temples, and the white trail, worming through the dark-green pit of the forest, faded, and passed to the clouds.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "worming" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: crawl; crawling; creep; creeping; padding; scramble; sneaking; stealing; tiptoe
