burrowed (into)

past tense of burrow (into)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrowed (into)
Verb
  • The estate was excavated in Kafr Qasim, a city in the central region of the country.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Covered in concrete and lost to time for decades, the vats were rediscovered and excavated in 2016 within a building that hugs the Kentucky River.
    Robin Roenker, Southern Living, 13 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
  • Section 8 voucher recipients can live anywhere as long as the owner agrees to rent under the program and the building meets certain minimum housing quality standards.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Currently in Phoenix, Bonus targets homes valued between $300,000 and $500,000 in good areas that can be rented to families.
    Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Just days after more than a dozen Russian drones penetrated Poland’s airspace, causing NATO jets to scramble and shoot them down, Romania said another drone crossed its borders at the weekend.
    Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • At least 19 drones penetrated Polish airspace in that instance, according to Warsaw.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Anderson classification system for turf toe is split into three grades.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Plans also call for remodeling the existing southern section into 3,700 square feet of additional commercial space, split evenly between two storefronts.
    Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 15 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 19 Sep. 2025.

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