drilled
Example Sentences
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In a football world of specific and heavily drilled tactical roles, that is quite the achievement.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Any Black person with a job — especially white-collar professionals — had that gospel drilled into them by their parents long before the high-achieving Shonda Rhimes immortalized it in her show.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
The site is also actively being drilled by 14 drilling rigs from producers including ExxonMobil, Diamondback Energy and Double Eagle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Using heavy equipment including "drilling machines, excavators, hydraulic cutters, and other equipment" on Sunday, they drilled four holes before rescuers descended by rope into the crater.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
It meant I was left with no nose at all—and with nostrils drilled into the flat center of my face.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
