make a hole
Example Sentences
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The tactic of playing the 'hammer' to make a hole worth double points did not work initially but became a more effective tool once the rules were adjusted to allow for three 'hammers'.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025
To shape each bagel, press your thumb through the center of the dough ball to make a hole.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
They melted the snow and heated the water, then used it to make a hole as wide as a dinner plate 250 meters down through the shelf.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2022
“So every time I go back with my daughter and make a hole in the ice I’m right back, I’m 4-years-old lying on the reindeer fur trying to get fish. It’s a very positive emotion.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022
To this he added some pulverized, dried grass, worked almost into flour, and when it was all together, he gently used his finger to make a hole in the middle.
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
