There was always plenty to do in the garden, weeds to be yanked up between the flower beds, holes to be dug for tulip bulbs. From LearnThat.org. [Neil Baldwin, Source: To All Gentleness & The Doctor Poet, 1984, William Carlos Williams]
Verb (used with object) : He dug his heel into the ground. From Dictionary.com.
The one and only reason McCain dug her out of a snowbank. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Chris Wallace on whether Palin will sit on his lap during their interview: ‘One can only hope.’] Reference
Following Litvinenko's recent poisoning, Starobin dug out his notes. From Wordnik.com. [My Lunch With Litvinenko] Reference
The way you describe it, freshly dug from the yard, makes me think twice. From Wordnik.com. [Mango Ginger Smoothie – JFI Ginger « Salt and Pepper.] Reference
Yashin dug the puck out of the right corner before skating behind the net. From Wordnik.com. [NHL - National Hockey League - Florida vs. N.Y. Islanders] Reference
Heraclea and Nicomedia; and the stones were dug from the Anatolian quarries. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
And sometimes frozen potatoes, potatoes dug from a garden at the edge of the city. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean] Reference
Sidewalks are laid with flat stones that could have been slate dug from the surrounding hills. From Wordnik.com. [El Bramador: once a bustling colonial mining town] Reference
The missive said of one student, "The hole she has dug is deeper than the mine shaft in Chile.". From Wordnik.com. [List of failing students mistakenly sent to all students] Reference
Yes, a certain amount, but they also dug from the earth suspicion and hatred which will not die for a long time. From Wordnik.com. [From the Heart of Things] Reference
On the way back he picked up another trail, he once again dug his nose down in the grass to better get on the scent. From Wordnik.com. [New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman] Reference
One regiment had been without food for three days except for some carrots they had dug from a field behind the lines. From Wordnik.com. [Six Red Months in Russia: An Observer's Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship] Reference
Lord Rokesle flung up his arms as the sword dug into his breast. From Wordnik.com. [Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes] Reference
Some of the correspondence and calls dug deeper into the menu than I did. From Wordnik.com. [TNT Diner] Reference
An ancient waka dug out of Muriwai Beach last year has revealed some surprises. From Wordnik.com. [Radio New Zealand News Headlines] Reference
Call dug hard—it was the only way he could keep his mind off what had happened to the two men. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man’s Walk] Reference
The sword dug deep into her shoulder, so that she shrieked once with the cold pain of this wound. From Wordnik.com. [Chivalry] Reference
This 2,221-year-old coin dug up as part of a hoard is the oldest piece of Roman money ever found in Britain. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
A 2,221-year-old silver coin dug up as part of a hoard is the oldest piece of Roman money ever found in Britain. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
It is of great antiquity, as appears by the Ro - man coins dug up, and once had fixteen churches, but now only two. From Wordnik.com. [The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland] Reference
Matter of fact, some of the people I talked to kind of dug it. From Wordnik.com. [Tom D'Antoni: Brokaw Should Have Talked To Me] Reference
Once you've kind of dug out from that, you still have more to contend with. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2009] Reference
A great pit has been dug which is to contain human blood enough to float a canoe. From Wordnik.com. [Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party] Reference
TOM GLAVINE, PITCHER, ATLANTA BRAVES: He's kind of dug his own grave, so to speak. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Sports Year 2000 - December 28, 2000] Reference
` ` We've kind of dug ourselves into a hole, '' Sabres forward Jason Pominville said. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
"We didn't play that well in the first half, so it kind of dug a hole for us," St. Pierre said. From Wordnik.com. [NCAA Football - Boston College vs. Notre Dame] Reference
I kind of dug it, so watched the recap episodes to get a feel for what I'd missed up until then. From Wordnik.com. [My Five: Favorite TV Shows this Season] Reference
We've been told we were "dug" in a variety of ways. From Wordnik.com. [Ignighter] Reference
We kind of dug ourselves into holes sometimes getting in long third-down situations. From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
LibDig widget to select four posts from the past seven days which you've most 'dug'. From Wordnik.com. [Liberal Democrat Voice] Reference
His outfit for this week was a real mess, but at least I kind of dug the high collar. From Wordnik.com. [TV Squad] Reference
He boarded alone, "dug" persistently, and took no part in the social life of the college. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906] Reference
They have rude boats called dug-outs, "continued Miss Wilder, glad of an absorbing subject. From Wordnik.com. [The Cricket] Reference
In this game, we kind of dug ourselves a hole and we could not find a way to get out of it. From Wordnik.com. [Anderson Independent Mail Stories] Reference
I loved bands, looking at their photos, if they did not look cool, I kind of dug them more. From Wordnik.com. [Paste Magazine] Reference
For myself, the character I most "dug" was the little boy with the crush on the 16 year old. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
So Leavitt just kind of dug his own grave here, and somehow shoveled it full of dirt with him inside. From Wordnik.com. [SPORTSbyBROOKS] Reference
Actually, I kind of dug algebra, even though my first-grade teacher told me I’d never do math. From Wordnik.com. [algebra teachers are the devil! « Adventures in Juggling] Reference
Workers dug into the dirt along the main road, as an African woman sped by in her Audi talking on a cell phone. From Wordnik.com. [Up From The Ashes] Reference
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