How to Use inchworm in a Sentence

inchworm

noun
  • The bar to be cleared is low enough that an arthritic inchworm could clear it.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 4 Aug. 2017
  • The robot can also move around, crawling like an inchworm or rolling like a log.
    — Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Similar to the inchworm, this move is great to start up or finish off your workout.
    — Men's Health, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The core program was a loop of deadlifts, inchworms, burpees, and hollow body holds, all of which are standard repertoire at my gym.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • But that may change thanks to inchworms, wiggling bacterial organisms and snakes.
    — Jessica Firger, Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2017
  • This second new hand will go on the opposite end of the 58-foot arm, able to move like an inchworm by grabbing hold of special fixtures.
    — Marcia Dunn, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Do the squat jack for 20 seconds, then rest 10 seconds before moving onto the inchworm.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 28 May 2022
  • Do the inchworm for 20 seconds, then rest 10 seconds before returning to the top.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 28 May 2022
  • Stretching as a warm-up should focus on dynamic moves, or those that include movement—say, like an inchworm rather than simply touching your toes.
    — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Even tiny animals, like inchworms or fruit flies, can give engineers the ideas for leaps forward in robotic technology.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2018
  • From inchworm crawling to star jumps, these challenges will keep busybodies occupied (and can provide a nice break in the workday for parents).
    — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • These cardio exercises include the inchworm, lateral shuffle, high knees, skater, and up-down plank.
    — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 29 Apr. 2021
  • By expanding the top surface while contracting the bottom surface, a flat robot can move along like an inchworm, to give one example.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 June 2019
  • The reverse lunge works your quads and your glutes, the inchworm boosts mobility while challenging your hamstrings and shoulders, while the plank variations will light up your core.
    — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 29 Apr. 2021
  • This allows the shrews to scrunch their spines up like inchworms, according to a statement, and withstand an enormous amount of force for their weight and size, which is comparable to that of a rat.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Apparently at some point, perhaps millions of years ago, there was a bitter dispute between dogs and inchworms, and Daisy has not forgotten.
    — Dave Barry, miamiherald, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The inchworm bot was put into an obstacle course featuring narrow and complex paths and used a humidity sensor to detect sources of moisture.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The simulated and real robots can use shape change to switch between rolling gaits and inchworm gaits, to locomote in multiple environments.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The simulated and real robots can use shape change to switch between rolling gaits and inchworm gaits, to locomote in multiple environments.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2020
  • This single-leg inchworm builds on all of that and provides more unilateral work to build balanced strength, mobility, and flexibility.
    — Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The astronauts completed their work on the arm by reattaching its latching end effector, or hand, which the arm uses to grapple objects and inchworm across the exterior of the station.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 30 June 2026
  • While using an inchworm as inspiration might be novel for a robot's travels, animal inspiration for robotic movement is widespread.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2018
  • Tailored to maximize movement, some scooted along the bottom of a Petri dish like microscopic inchworms, powered solely by the contractions of the heart cells studding their interiors.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2020

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'inchworm.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: