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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But when the Cowboys (5-5-1) needed a handful of offensive drives to dig out of a big hole, the defense rattled off eight consecutive drives without giving up points, its longest stretch all season.
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Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Nov. 2025
Our key areas of holiday preparedness include everything from cleaning and decluttering to digging out that holiday waffle maker the family loves well in advance.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2025
Then, one person had to dig out a hole in the sand under the cage to squeeze through and rebound shots from players trying to hit three balls into three baskets.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Once Gacy is caught, the media runs with the details — all those bodies crammed in that crawlspace, some of them buried in trenches Gacy made his employees dig out — and paints his victims as runaways or degenerates who put themselves in danger.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
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Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Nov. 2025
Our key areas of holiday preparedness include everything from cleaning and decluttering to digging out that holiday waffle maker the family loves well in advance.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2025
Then, one person had to dig out a hole in the sand under the cage to squeeze through and rebound shots from players trying to hit three balls into three baskets.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Once Gacy is caught, the media runs with the details — all those bodies crammed in that crawlspace, some of them buried in trenches Gacy made his employees dig out — and paints his victims as runaways or degenerates who put themselves in danger.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Dig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20out. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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