Examples of dig out in a Sentence
she dug her old art supplies out of the basement
without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning
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Losing to the Phillies, who’ve dug out of a poor start, matters more than losing to the Dodgers.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
By analogy, a software engineer who has been digging out a basement with a shovel gets handed a bulldozer.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
The town showed up in the aftermath with shovels to dig out Main Street.
—Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2026
Just like not every heavy, hard-to-play against player is going to contribute significant offense, not every offensive player is going to be digging out pucks and punishing bodies.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 20 May 2026
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
By analogy, a software engineer who has been digging out a basement with a shovel gets handed a bulldozer.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
The town showed up in the aftermath with shovels to dig out Main Street.
—Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2026
Just like not every heavy, hard-to-play against player is going to contribute significant offense, not every offensive player is going to be digging out pucks and punishing bodies.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 20 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for dig out
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“Dig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20out. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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