Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrowed
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The channel entrance to Alamitos Bay has been dredged at times to help boaters navigate the harbor, and the sediment is also used to stabilize the shoreline at Peninsula Beach between 62nd Place and 72nd Place, but that project hasn’t occurred for 15 years, according to the city.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
18 June 2026 -
The Marina District of San Francisco, built on an artificial landfill made partly from mud dredged from the bay, suffered severe damage because of the weak sediment below.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
Verb
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Peters crouched down and used a little body language to try to coax the ball fair.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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Brandon Wolf crouched in the corner of the nightclub bathroom for what felt like forever as gunshots rang out.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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The villa is still being excavated and studied, but archaeologists have so far uncovered a grand entrance hall with an atrium and sunken basin, known as an impluvium, surrounded by a mosaic floor with black and white botanical and geometric designs.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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Officials noted that it will be excavated through the narrowest part of the peninsula, connecting Moldefjord and Kjødepollen in the Vanylvsfjord region.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
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Her entire family gathered in her mother’s home, huddled around the television, the 72-year-old Bronzeville resident said.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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It is supposed to be a great beach party with a bonfire, but it gets rained out, and they are all huddled under an awning wearing too much body glitter and eating from a greige buffet.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
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Deep passion for chess Russia has a deep and proud chess tradition, and amateurs can be seen hunched over boards on pavements and in parks at virtually all times of the year.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Hardworking professionals in cafés, airports, or parks hunched over a laptop while carefully dragging their fingers over their PC’s trackpad to navigate some email, project, or alert that can’t be ignored.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
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Making a place known Just before noon the following day, Susan Washko squatted over a white plastic tub beside the stream that runs through Fiftymile Canyon.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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Eventually, Betty stopped and squatted.—
Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Many couched their enthusiasm with caveats.—
Alex Cuadros,
ProPublica,
16 June 2026
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Kocurek’s praise wasn’t couched, however.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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“Burrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrowed. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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