Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrowed
Verb
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As the lead guide crouched down, an elephant walked around a bend in the river, maybe 30 metres ahead of us.—
Holden Frith,
TheWeek,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Matthews crouched with his back to the rest of the play, a step away from the goal line along the boards.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In the film, Emma Stone's Bella Baxter is dredged from the river after dying by suicide, then reanimated by Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), possessing the body of a woman and the brain of a baby.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Jan. 2026
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Sand dredged from the harbor entrance is used to replenish Oceanside beaches, mostly north of Tyson Street and the municipal pier.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Dec. 2025
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Mike Lee of Utah, Rick Scott of Florida and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, withheld their votes and huddled with Thune at the back of the chamber.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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Senate Republicans huddled on Friday afternoon after Schumer’s floor speech but seemed to see no immediate path forward.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Among them, a hominin femur that was excavated from the cave bears teeth marks.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
7 Jan. 2026
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The team found multiple 60,000-year-old quartz arrowheads excavated from the Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
7 Jan. 2026
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When Smith drives us in the golf cart, hunched close to the wheel, a look of childish mischief spreads over his face.—
Sam Kestenbaum,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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But the bigger miracle is the boy hunched behind Charles.—
Jackson Arn,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Brockington squatted 664 pounds, breaking his own record from last year by 50 pounds, and posted a vertical jump of 42 inches.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Their statements are simply a summary of the law, although couched with political speech.—
Michael Szalma,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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To be clear, revenue share contracts are couched as an intellectual property transaction with the school buying a license to use the athlete’s NIL.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Burrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrowed. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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