divot
Example Sentences
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“I learned a long time ago, if there’s not a divot, the diameter decreases,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
But Farke could not definitively say if there was a rogue divot on the pitch which had cost his injury-hit side two crucial points at the Stadium of Light after an impressive display.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024
The rifle’s extendable stock’s point—that is, the end of the butt nestled “high and tight” into the divot, or pocket, of the shoulder—provided a sturdy point of pressure.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 2024
“It didn’t move, it didn’t roll, it didn’t bounce. It just made a tiny little divot in the Utah soil.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2023
Luna could see each landform, each divot in the trail, each stream and clearing and waterfall.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.