The beams were wormy and the chains rusted and the pillars green with mold.

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The tortoise raised its wormy head and fixed him with an old eye above its nostriled beak.

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Illinois farmer Robert Provin was sitting on the bumper of his car, eyeing a wormy ear of corn.

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In 1958 instant noodles went on the market, yellowish wormy bricks in cellophane bags, and were laughed at by fresh-noodle makers all over Japan.

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Gotye, whose Somebody That I Used To Know was one of the most ear-wormy songs of last summer, actually won more awards walking away with Best Record, Best Alternative Album and Best Pop Duo Performance.

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