burrowed

past tense of burrow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrowed
Verb
  • Finally, the day arrived, and my friend Kelly Curtis and then-girlfriend Nancy Wilson were crouched behind the camera with Amy.
    Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Right then, crouched on the floor of MacDowell’s Cheney studio, Luise discovered a whole new way of working.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Soaked in a meaty mushroom stock, dredged in flour, and dunked in buttermilk, these crispy, tender mushrooms are extra delicious.
    Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Other fresh fish were lightly dredged in flour, fried, baked, and then garnished with parsley and black walnuts.
    Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The cryptocurrency industry’s top legislative priority is facing yet more headwinds shortly after CEOs huddled with senators to salvage bipartisan talks.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Set it up on an outdoor table in your backyard or bring it with you while tailgating or huddled up on the sidelines of a soccer game.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The partial skeleton was excavated from Koobi Fora in Kenya.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • When an unknown person filled in the hole last year, Good Samaritans immediately excavated it.
    Mason Leath, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His hands were cragged and bent from arthritis and years hunched over a keyboard.
    Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Sean Grayson, 31, sat in the courtroom hunched in his chair and appeared to plug his ears during the part of the video that included audio of shots being fired at Massey.
    Selina Guevara, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Emilie Schleer, a 37-year-old mother of two, spoke of the brazen break-in that occurred at her South End home in July, when a homeless woman squatted in her residence while her family was away for the weekend.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Usually, the question was couched in politeness, but my students (bless them) had not yet learned to be subtle.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Particularly dangerous is that some of this language has been couched in religious terms, which turns political conflicts into identity ones that are far more difficult to resolve.
    Darren Kew, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Burrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrowed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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