divot

Example Sentences

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“I learned a long time ago, if there’s not a divot, the diameter decreases,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

But Farke could not definitively say if there was a rogue divot on the pitch which had cost his injury-hit side two crucial points at the Stadium of Light after an impressive display.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

The rifle’s extendable stock’s point—that is, the end of the butt nestled “high and tight” into the divot, or pocket, of the shoulder—provided a sturdy point of pressure.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2024

The female slowly rose inside the crate then bounded up a snowy divot in the dirt road.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

Maybe there was a divot in the grass.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez