How to Use nerd in a Sentence

nerd

noun
  • He dresses like a nerd.
  • The jock, the loser, the brainy nerd—think The Breakfast Club.
    Annalise Mabe, Men's Health, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Gates was a lovable nerd who was out to save the world.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 June 2021
  • Louise Miller is a high school nerd who doesn't quite fit in.
    Madison Douglas, Seventeen, 2 Feb. 2023
  • After the nerds take back the school with one monologue, Alvin leaves the gym.
    refinery29.com, 1 June 2023
  • Alvin is a nerd who gets bullied all the time at school.
    Kori Williams, Seventeen, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Here's a top-shelf gift for the wine lover who's also a wine nerd.
    Mark Stock, Men's Health, 6 Oct. 2022
  • There's parts of yourself that could be a nerd, a gamer or a jock.
    Caitlin Hernández, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The astute nerd will ask why not just keep the ISS at the same low pressure as the suit.
    Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Its à la carte menu feels like one for a true food nerd.
    The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2022
  • We long-term Kiefer nerds may not learn much, but so what?
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Pick a new board game Two nerds looking for a date night?
    Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2020
  • But that’s just part of what makes him, all over again, a nerd in a monster’s body.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Maybe your dad’s a sports fan, word nerd, or fitness freak.
    Malia Griggs, SELF, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Here was the kind of culmination of this school nerd’s dream to go.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Willy and his boys ridicule Bernard for being a studious nerd.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Bose is one of those consumer brands that can divide a room full of nerds.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The pour-over is a coffee nerd’s version of a priestly rite.
    Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
  • In the past decade my nerd self has taken the wheel and is now driving my career.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • This is for all the music nerds who want to hear their favorite songs through new ears.
    oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2020
  • This gift has nerd written all over it: the Science Socks Gift Box.
    Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Amadeus Cho, an Asian nerd, transforms into the Hulk-like Brawn.
    Tyler Bey, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 2022
  • To be frank, this is fairly dense stuff, for safety nerds.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • But this proud nerd’s know-how is only coming in handy more and more.
    Estelle Tang, ELLE, 3 June 2022
  • One is a nerd of denim, and the other other is a nerd of farming.
    Mark Holgate, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2024
  • 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.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2023
  • His launch angle, nerds, was straight — with a Mach 2 exit velo.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Macro nerds will love the fact that the entire keyboard is programmable.
    Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Too often high school dramas draw a line between the nerds and the cool people.
    S. Mitra Kalita, CNN, 2 May 2020
  • This episode is so jokey that Noel Fielding has to assume the nerd persona and keep the quiz moving.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2022

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