How to Use nerd in a Sentence
nerd
noun
- He dresses like a nerd.
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Louise Miller is a high school nerd who doesn't quite fit in.
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Madison Douglas,
Seventeen,
2 Feb. 2023
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After the nerds take back the school with one monologue, Alvin leaves the gym.
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refinery29.com,
1 June 2023
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Alvin is a nerd who gets bullied all the time at school.
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Kori Williams,
Seventeen,
20 Jan. 2023
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Here's a top-shelf gift for the wine lover who's also a wine nerd.
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Mark Stock,
Men's Health,
6 Oct. 2022
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The astute nerd will ask why not just keep the ISS at the same low pressure as the suit.
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Kelly and Zach Weinersmith,
Popular Science,
8 Nov. 2023
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Its à la carte menu feels like one for a true food nerd.
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The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors,
Bon Appétit,
8 Sep. 2022
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We long-term Kiefer nerds may not learn much, but so what?
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2023
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But that’s just part of what makes him, all over again, a nerd in a monster’s body.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2022
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Willy and his boys ridicule Bernard for being a studious nerd.
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Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Oct. 2022
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Amadeus Cho, an Asian nerd, transforms into the Hulk-like Brawn.
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Tyler Bey,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 June 2022
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To be frank, this is fairly dense stuff, for safety nerds.
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Brad Templeton,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2023
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But this proud nerd’s know-how is only coming in handy more and more.
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Estelle Tang,
ELLE,
3 June 2022
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One is a nerd of denim, and the other other is a nerd of farming.
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Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2024
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The bad news for monster nerds is that the Titans (Godzilla and Kong, among others) are less the star of the show this time around.
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Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Nov. 2023
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His launch angle, nerds, was straight — with a Mach 2 exit velo.
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2023
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Macro nerds will love the fact that the entire keyboard is programmable.
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Sascha Brodsky,
Popular Mechanics,
15 Feb. 2023
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There’s a thin line between a grammar nerd and a grammar nazi.
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Kevin Fisher-Paulson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Feb. 2023
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All the streamers have dabbled in fantasy and nerd stuff, for sure.
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Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
31 Jan. 2023
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When did our perceptions of glasses begin to change to more of a cool nerd vibe?
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Harry Enten,
CNN,
21 May 2022
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How has working with Bremont turned you into more of a watch nerd?
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Laurie Brookins,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Nov. 2022
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This was all a part of the show, when managers didn’t take advice from nerds who couldn’t play Strat-o-Matic.
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Dec. 2023
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There was nerd rejoicing at the news that Apple plans to make Mac laptops with touch screens for the first time.
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Shira Ovide,
Washington Post,
20 Jan. 2023
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But even the biggest Dune nerds may be surprised by how much more unyielding Chani is in the film.
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EW.com,
20 Feb. 2024
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While my mom is like working retail and going to school and being a nerd.
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Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Sep. 2022
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Like Jack the nerd, with his long hair parted down the middle, going right out onto the ice and scoring a goal.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2023
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The nerd is not the opposite of the jock but a different iteration of the same logic.
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Ben Tarnoff,
The New York Review of Books,
28 Dec. 2023
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Every morning, the doctor, who was a theatre nerd as a kid, selects a CD of show tunes to play in the waiting room.
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Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2022
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Benjamin Dubow is a writer, cook (sometimes chef), and all-around food and nature nerd from New York.
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Benjamin,
Longreads,
20 May 2022
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The Lego Group Atari nerd minifig and mini-joystick included!
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Andrew Cunningham,
Ars Technica,
19 July 2022
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