burrow

Example Sentences

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Once the eggs hatch, the maggots burrow into flesh in a corkscrew motion, which is how the insect got its name.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

The building stretches far above our heads, its 400 million pounds suspended by 14 fan-shaped steel columns that pierce the lobby’s marble floor and burrow into Manhattan’s bedrock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Released on Friday, it's packed full of off-kilter lyrics and squiggly synth lines that burrow into your brain.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

How many times can Nancy burrow through a box of Fred’s belongings as he draws closer before we just wish she’d be caught so they could get on with the story already?

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025

Omakayas determined to outwait her, to crawl deeper and deeper into her dark burrow of sleep.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich