diggings

Example Sentences

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But her family letters from a century ago told of gatherings, as well as grave diggings.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2020

High above their diggings in the mining district of Kantishna, three Alaskan prospectors stopped to catch their breath in the thin, subzero air of America’s highest peak.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2018

The proboscis seems to lick or comb sediments for food, perhaps while their bodies remain comfortably ensconced in the safety of their burrow in the center of the diggings.

From Scientific American • Apr. 15, 2013

Founded in Kimberley, where diamond diggings established South Africa’s mining industry, De Beers was named after a nearby farm.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 4, 2011

We prowl around among the trees, looking for bones, for hummocks in the earth that could mark diggings, the outlines of buildings, turning over logs and rocks to see what’s underneath them.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood