burrow
Example Sentences
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Diggers are already clearing parts of the OPP complex, shaking the ruins even as volunteers and families continue to burrow for the bodies of loved ones.
From Barron's • Jul. 6, 2026
"Some bee species burrow holes in wood or in the ground, or use empty structures for nests. Some species in Europe and Africa even build their nests in empty snail shells,"
From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026
He will burrow down even deeper, likely retreating even further into his fictions and fantasies.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
But most of the onetime gentry, like Lajos, burrow further inward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
I inch my way up to the boulder Ayesha and I came to earlier; that’s where I was when I spied that burrow, that hole by the fence.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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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