Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrowed
Verb
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The cameraman darted and crouched, arguably working harder than anyone else in the building to capture those breathless, in-your-face angles.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Around the grave of one young man, his mother and grandmother quietly sob, his friends crouched down by the small mat of flower stems.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Then there’s disposal of material dredged from channels, along with equipment rental and traffic control.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
Verb
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At the end of last week, after another long day of talks in Abu Dhabi, Ukraine’s envoys huddled around a phone for a call with their boss, who was waiting in Kyiv to hear their report.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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By halftime, Gabby was huddled against her fiancé, barely watching the match.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The glass vessel, recently rediscovered in a storage room at the Bergama Museum, was originally excavated from a tomb in this legendary city known for its therapeutics.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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Officials won't be able to diagnose the cause of the leak until the pipe is excavated.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Isabella threw the winning stone and hunched close to the ice, watching her brother sweep until their red stone knocked out the Americans’ yellow rock for a 6-5 victory.—
Julia Frankel,
Twin Cities,
10 Feb. 2026
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Time spent hunched over a screen, trading real, in-person interactions for virtual ones, has negatively impacted many of my clients.—
Brianna Hardcastle,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Kay squatted by a monitor, bobbing his head to the beat.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Thursday’s announcement was couched in terms of cost.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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And even then, it was couched in the polite, ambiguous language.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Burrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrowed. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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