burrowing

Example Sentences

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He is used to it and protects himself by burrowing deeper into his daily routine.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

These deposits may have provided some of the only viable nesting conditions for burrowing bees in the region.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The special-ops forces would have to sneak into Iran, find the stuff, perhaps burrowing into tunnels to do so, and somehow take it elsewhere.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

A pair of Smith penalties after the break stretched England's lead out to 18-10 and England seemed to be turning the tide of the contest, with Underhill and Itoje both burrowing deep for turnovers.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The icthyod was burrowing downward through the slime.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin