How to Use drill in a Sentence

drill

1 of 2 verb

• But drilling new wells takes time.
  — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
• No one wants to drill with you.
  — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
• You get drilled in that in boot camp.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
• This risk alone should be enough to keep drilling away from our shores.
  — Shane Weddle, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
• My husband drilled holes in the lids to fit the net pots.
  — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
• Not from the pumps — the thieves are drilling holes in gas tanks to get it.
  — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 5 May 2026
• These are people that drill oil in some pretty rough places.
  — CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
• Ice cores are long cylinders of ice drilled out of the surface.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2023
• If prices are going lower, why drill more?
  — Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
• Semien drilled a two-run homer to center off Mahle in the fourth.
  — CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
• Skeleton drills with rags hanging from their shorts.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
• Pull out a screw, then use the countersink bit to drill out the hole.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
• Starters on offense and defense drilled against scout-team units.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 18 Aug. 2025
• My parents drilled this into me.
  — Kendra MacDonald, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Thieves drill a hole in the gas tank, making off with what's inside.
  — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 5 May 2026
• What’s wrong with drilling oil companies?
  — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026
• Instead, Cozart wears shoes with holes drilled in them to make room for the spikes.
  — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
• Work crews have drilled new gas wells and fitted them with steel pipes that can survive the heat.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
• Using a Forstner bit, drill the holes and attach hinges to doors.
  — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
• The kind of thing teams drill for exactly this reason.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2026
• The issue of whether to drill there has been contested for many years.
  — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2026
• At some point, Fox said someone had drilled a hole into his truck.
  — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 23 June 2026
• If there is only one hole in the middle, drill more holes around the bottom.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
• If there is only one hole in the middle, drill more holes around the bottom.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
• The goal scorer then took an artful first touch before drilling it home.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
• Oliver Moore was drilled by Kevin Bahl.
  — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
• Other residents have had their gas tanks drilled and drained.
  — Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 12 June 2026
• As far as drilling a ceramic pot goes, the process is just a bit more involved.
  — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 12 Apr. 2026
• Some of them were lofted and heavy; others were drilled straight at Djokovic.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
• Petty then drilled a 3 to extend the lead to 16 points.
  — Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026

drill

2 of 2 noun

• The drill goes on for two hours.
  — Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• Some rage tracks, drill, and new stuff too.
  — Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
• So part of it comes down to — like, the drill tanks.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 June 2026
• To watch the drills and sometimes run them.
  — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
• Andrews came to hate the drill.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
• Ellington thought this meant a drill.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
• Drill baby drill — but not too much.
  — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 June 2026
• The project embraces more than just the drill hall.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
• In the two-minute drill, nothing worked.
  — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• Turn the drill on gently and glide it over your couch.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
• This is one morning among many, one drill among many.
  — Tim Britton, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• Richter called out as players worked through drills.
  — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 19 June 2026
• White has dreamed up some very strange and sadistic drills.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
• The tool is now believed to be part of a bow drill.
  — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
• Two lasers form a target where the drill can be placed.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
• That’s where the drill meets the coalface, so to speak.
  — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
• But the combine is way more than just the on-field drills.
  — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
• This is one of the final times this drill will take place.
  — Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• To her drills, to the process, to her routine, all of it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
• But not dwelling on it too much, knowing there are more drills to do.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
• His new seed drill lined up plants in straight rows that could be weeded.
  — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
• Staub, a sophomore — to run the 1-minute drill.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
• First guy in line for every drill, Quinn said.
  — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• Dial worked on his own on a side field during team drills.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
• The Hawks ran some shootout drills to close their morning skate.
  — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
• Orlando, this is no longer a drill or a dream.
  — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
• The same goes for a hammer, chainsaw and drill.
  — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
• In the middle of a shooting drill, her heart stopped.
  — CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
• The research team ran nineteen drills in three days.
  — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• The tool is not drills or dynamite.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025