How to Use excavation in a Sentence

excavation

noun

• The farm gate was closed and locked, the excavation over.
  — Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
• The stone is named after the excavation site and is now being called the Svingerud Stone.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
• Now the excavation has finished, offices, stores and homes will be built on the site.
  — Caolán Magee, CNN, 14 June 2023
• So, that became kind of the theme song of the Dreadnought excavation.
  — Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
• The sandy coastal soils that make the bluffs so fragile could aid the excavation and be an advantage for the new route.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
• Val Kilmer leaves no stone left unturned in the excavation of his life.
  — NBC News, 22 Apr. 2020
• Sensors attached to small rods touch the rock, but the excavation is carried out by the heat and gas.
  — Khari Johnson, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
• This is the fourth excavation started by the city of Tulsa.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
• At the excavation site, the FBI crew parted to allow them through.
  — Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022
• His excavation team said there could be as many as 17 other mass graves around the town.
  — Washington Post, 8 May 2021
• Her lab has been involved with the case since the initial excavation.
  — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
• He was then buried in a makeshift grave with his body beng found in 2021 after an excavation search.
  — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
• The excavation was of Khirbet al-Ra’i, in the rolling Judean foothills of central Israel.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 22 June 2020
• There is a plan for space for visitors to the pool to view the ongoing excavation.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2023
• Now that the excavation is complete, the lab work can begin.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2020
• The castle was built above the cave long before any excavation.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
• There have been excavations of little bits here and there, j... a few buildings, not a ton.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2023
• The bureau plans to fill all but five of the primary excavation pits.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
• The test excavation is expected to take up to one week.
  — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2020
• This Saturday, the site will briefly open to the public, and researchers will be on hand to discuss the excavation’s progress.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
• After excavation, the mummies were taken to Cairo by boats that sailed the Nile.
  — Samy Magdy, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2021
• In addition to the balls, notes the team on its blog, excavation of the cairn has uncovered fragments of pottery, knives and the antler of a Roe deer.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2021
• The sinkhole itself was not widerthan four feet; however, the excavation required to fix the storm drain stretches the width of the lane.
  — Katelyn Keenehan, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2020
• So far, hundreds of caves have been searched and 24 excavations carried out over six years.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• The first excavation of a Viking ship in 100 years is underway in Norway.
  — Fox News, 30 June 2020
• The pair, who were at least 55 years old, were found during excavations of the Insula of the House of the Chaste Lovers during work to improve the safety of the building.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 16 May 2023
• During the excavation, the team stumbled upon a unique find: three gold-foil tongues.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
• What sets Reschio apart is its swirling modern excavation of the past.
  — Travel, 5 Jan. 2022
• Frame said the rapid weather changes only make their excavation of Magna more urgent.
  — Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
• Residents who opposed the extension had obtained an injunction to prevent the city from cutting down a tree in the way of excavation.
  — Time, 22 July 2025