burrowed (into)

past tense of burrow (into)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrowed (into)
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
  • After a sacrifice bunt and Sears’ eighth strikeout — one shy of a season high — the 29-year-old left-hander grooved a middle-in sweeper for Blaine Crim to yank out to left, some 439 feet from the plate.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • With its signature grooved aluminum shell, Rimowa’s spinners are both a fashion statement and a piece of travel engineering.
    Julie Loffredi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • No longer a neighborhood pub, Sockeye Alehouse will remain available to rent for private events.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And Universal Pictures Home Entertainment movies will continue to be available to rent and purchase through YouTube TV.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The victim told her father that Bautista had penetrated her with his finger on two occasions, according to prosecutors.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Poland requested Article 4 consultations with NATO after Russian drones penetrated its airspace and that of Romania in separate incidents earlier this month.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Cleveland was mostly splitting its DH at-bats between Manzardo and David Fry … whose September pop came on an accidental Tarik Skubal fastball to his nose.
    Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The acquisition announcement comes as MSNBC prepares to split from NBC as part of parent company Comcast’s move to spin off its cable properties into a separate company, to be called Versant.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Burrowed (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrowed%20%28into%29. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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