in holes
Example Sentences
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Jenny Paterson spent three-and-a-half hours using a rake, spade and bucket to fill in holes on a rutted section of Bridge Street in Halkirk, Caithness.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024
Her doctoral research, for example, required her to climb trees to study birds that nest in holes.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 8, 2023
They are especially interested in holes that persist through many different scales.
From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 2022
“Amber filled in holes I couldn’t fill in.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022
But he sees firsthand how they can be so loosely allied as to be basically ineffectual—they are wretched and filthy; they live in holes.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
