Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrow (into)
Verb
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And our love for them is starting to hollow us out.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025 -
This treatment is best for those with thinning skin or hollowing areas under the eyes.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
4 Apr. 2025
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From 2004 to 2009, a team excavated the Neumark-Nord 2 site year-round, even training over 175 international students in the process.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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In time, settlers would excavate and plunder countless ancestral ruins across the Southwest, with artifacts carried off to private collections and museum displays.—
Mike Bezemek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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Water should penetrate the top 2 inches of soil to prevent quick evaporation and to encourage the roots to grow down.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
13 July 2025
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And yet, that noise never penetrated their cocoon-like recording sessions.—
Mike Wass,
Variety,
9 July 2025
Verb
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If their parents died, the sisters would split their inheritance.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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The experts split into teams representing the U.S. and China, and each side was armed with the weapons that its country is thought to possess.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Verb
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That autumn, Newsom accused oil companies of price gouging California drivers and called a special legislative session to address the spikes.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2025
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Plowshare: an agricultural implement for turning soil, for gouging a cleft in the earth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
Verb
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As the rapper twerks and lip-syncs to her verse, Bieber kisses her on the temple before joining her in grooving to the track.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
11 July 2025
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On a summer-y and warm evening of day three of the 59th edition of the festival in the spa town, its streets were full of activity, with people rushing to and from movie screenings, grooving along to concerts, and eating and drinking in outdoor restaurants and bars.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 July 2025
Verb
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At the beginning of or during labor, the membranes typically rupture, something commonly referred to as the expectant mother's water breaking.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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And earlier in the playoffs, Lillard ruptured his Achilles tendon while playing for the Bucks in Round 1 against the Pacers.—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
Verb
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Satomi followed her 11-year-old friend to a nearby study room, where — after drawing the curtains — the girl slit Satomi’s throat with a box cutter and kicked her in the head and sides, The Washington Post reported.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
15 June 2025
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Then, the family members would drag their victim to a hidden cellar on the property and slit the victim’s throat, leaving them there to die.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
1 June 2025
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“Burrow (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrow%20%28into%29. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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