Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunk fence
Noun
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Her body was found there in a nearby ditch the next morning.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025 -
In a 2024 incident, both vehicles involved in a pursuit in North Dakota lost control and landed in a ditch after a deputy deployed the Grappler.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For incumbents with strong data moats and industry muscle, the temptation to follow suit is growing stronger by the day.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In the 1980s and ’90s, when structural violence and institutional indifference surrounded many Black communities like a moat, here was a young Black man being raised in love — secure, seen, and believed in.—
Jack Hill,
Baltimore Sun,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Construction workers dug a trench behind the building late last fall and are installing a shoring system in it.—
Jolene Almendarez,
The Enquirer,
15 July 2025
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The soldiers had spent much of the winter eighty miles to the northeast, in Belgium, in a network of trenches near the medieval town of Ypres.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
Noun
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Squirrels may come in under the eaves, gable vent, behind chimneys, where rooflines intersect, or between the soffit board and the rain gutter.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Aug. 2025
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Take that as an excuse to finally hire someone else to clean out your gutters or hang those holiday lights.—
Rachel Nall,
SELF,
17 June 2025
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“Sunk fence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunk%20fence. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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