Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrowed (into)
Verb
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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 -
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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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
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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
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Poo-Pourri Pocket Toilet Spray 3-pack Last spring, my in-laws rented a passenger van and took us on a family trip, with all of us staying in the same Airbnb.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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Institutional investors typically buy single-family homes to rent them out, often concentrating in suburban neighborhoods around major metro areas, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Their toddler, who was watching, went into her bedroom and wailed as her father penetrated her mother.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Iran’s clerical oligarchs are shaken and still sorting out how their defenses were compromised and their intelligence apparatus penetrated.—
Ray Takeyh,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Arsenal’s first half in the 4-1 home win against Aston Villa a week ago — when the visitors continuously broke through the middle of the pitch — was the perfect example of what happens when their partnership is split up, in this case by Rice’s knee injury.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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In the aftermath, Venezuelan society became further split between the wealthy, who wanted to work with the US, and the working class, who sought autonomy from the US.—
James Trapani,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Burrowed (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrowed%20%28into%29. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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