- present participle of burrow.
burrowing
Example Sentences
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Scabies is caused by microscopic mites burrowing under the skin and it spreads through close skin contact.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Granted, the bar for Netflix movies has long since descended past Hell’s ninth circle, burrowing so low that it’s carved out a 10th reserved for the streamer’s original titles.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
No one knows, but all the flailing, hammering, digging and burrowing are for naught.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Also detailed in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is the first record of another amphibian: the Mexican burrowing toad —Rhinophrynus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Blank-faced burrowing owls perched unblinking on fence posts, watching him pass.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
