burrow
Example Sentences
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They can eat a quarter of their body weight in vegetation, burrow destructively and ravage waterways and ecosystems.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
But most of the onetime gentry, like Lajos, burrow further inward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Instead, they leave the dropped fruit and burrow into the soil, where they continue developing until maturity.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026
Most underwater tunnels - including the 50km Channel Tunnel between the UK and France – burrow through bedrock beneath the seafloor.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
I burrow deeper as my eyes fall upon the book lying open on the velvet armchair beside the bed.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
Vocabulary lists containing burrow
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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50 Great Words from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
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James and the Giant Peach
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