digging

Example Sentences

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"I will try my luck again," he adds as he resumes digging.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Of course, hosting a garage sale where you offer to sell a friend’s clothes is not the same as digging into one another’s finances, but some of the same unease surfaces.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

We had our sons do landscaping stuff, digging ditches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Then he added, digging himself into a deeper hole: “But I think it’s more for public relations than it is for anything else.”

From Slate • May 18, 2026

After a bit more digging, he and Detective Webster hoisted the discovery out of the pit.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan