burrowed

past tense of burrow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrowed
Verb
  • The dance began with Irwin crouched atop a Jeep suped up for safari, with the junior conservationist correspondingly decked in the head-to-toe khaki uniform made famous by his dad.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In one instance, a colleague entered Aber’s office to find an inmate crouched under his desk, according to an affidavit filed against Aber in the criminal case.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • All that was left to do was promote it, in a way he hasn’t been asked to do in years, and to wait and see how millions of viewers react to a story dredged out of horror-story reimaginings into something aiming for plainspoken truth.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • 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, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Others are sleeping, huddled in doorways to keep warm and safe.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Meatball huddled with his bent cops, to figure out how to shut Kearney up once and for all.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His aristocratic tastes are reflected in his various building projects, the remains of which have been excavated.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Forgotten under sixty-five feet of pumice and ash, Herculaneum wasn’t rediscovered until the eighteenth century, and the original Villa dei Papiri has still not been fully excavated.
    Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Fellow wide receivers Chris Marshall and Cam Bates came over to celebrate with Brown before realizing he was still hunched over the ball and showed no signs of getting up.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Describing his attacker as a White man, six feet tall, about 200 pounds, and wearing a gray T-shirt and blue jeans, Heskett told Zajac the man had appeared to have been hunched near a tree when Heskett first saw him.
    Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 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
  • Defamation concerns false statements that are couched as factual and objective.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • These reflections, too, would then be couched in a language too confusing for most readers to understand.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Burrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrowed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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