dig in
Example Sentences
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“She always did have a narrow definition of community,” Max said, digging in his backpack.
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This seemed like the sort of conversation two friends would have during a late-night heart-to-heart, not a casual chat between two strangers digging in the dirt.
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“G is for the gopher, digging in its burrow,” Little Britches remarked.
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If a storm blew up and they had to dig in for days, they would freeze.
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Setting her pocketbook down on the table, she bent over to dig in it, her hair hanging down both sides of her face.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.