delved

past tense of delve

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for delved
Verb
  • One of the richest fossil sites is the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, where hundreds of bones have been excavated, giving scientists an extraordinary window into the life and death of these Ice Age giants.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Archaeologists excavated the underground burial and found a secondary connecting structure.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Digital forensics experts dug through it, looking for his search activity, contacts and other data to help police build their case against him.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Yet, for a team whose defense hardly made any plays for months at a time last season and dug an insurmountable hole by never getting the lucky bounce or break in a zillion one-score losses, there were no apologies.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Outside one house on Tuesday evening, seven people quickly moved large tree branches away from the structure and shoveled sand onto the fire in a desperate attempt to keep the blaze from spreading from the house next door, according to the AP.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mica estimated that explosives are used nine out of ten times for anything that’s mined.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Because of their strategic importance, the bridges were mined – so that the Russian military had the option of blowing them up in case of a sudden Ukrainian advance.
    Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Delved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delved. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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