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
• 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
• Willy and his boys ridicule Bernard for being a studious nerd.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2022
• The pour-over is a coffee nerd’s version of a priestly rite.
  — Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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
• There’s a thin line between a grammar nerd and a grammar nazi.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
• All the streamers have dabbled in fantasy and nerd stuff, for sure.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2023
• When did our perceptions of glasses begin to change to more of a cool nerd vibe?
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 21 May 2022
• But the geeks shall inherit the earth: The nerds rush a rival frat and beat the Alpha Betas at their own game.
  — EW.com, 31 May 2024
• As a nerd who grew up hooked on things like Pokémon and YouTube memes, something about the music felt personal.
  — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
• It's supposed to be a place where movie nerds share their love of cinema, a throwback to the internet's pre-Facebook halcyon days.
  — Adam Bumas, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024