dug

Example Sentences

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To make ends meet, St. Michael’s dug into its roughly $90 million endowment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Yet once again Paul dug deep and clawed his way back to deuce.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

She and her husband had just dug themselves out of $40,000 worth of debt.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

But he was moved by the death of his favorite singer, so he dug out his recording equipment and karaoke CDs and recorded himself singing two of the band’s songs: “Smokin’” and “Don’t Look Back.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

She opened the shed where we kept the coal and dug around, dirtying her hands, until she excavated a garment bag, then another, then another.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman