Dig is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like excavation or hollow. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dig in a sentence
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Dig meaning
- To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
Synonyms of Dig
Using Dig
- The main meaning on this page is: To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way. | To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up. | To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- Useful related words include: excavation, hollow, dig out, withdraw.
- In the example corpus, dig often appears in combinations such as: to dig, dig at, dig into.
Context around Dig
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dig
- In this selection, "dig" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, general, galaxian, lazarus, dug, special and sites stand out and add context to how "dig" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a monster dig by molly, an obvious dig and dig deeper. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dig" sits close to words such as guardian, knock and mad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dig
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And of course, Lisa throws out an obvious dig. (9 words)
I don't dig it, they don't dig me. (10 words)
They will also dig to escape as they can, when pressed, dig extremely quickly. (14 words)
An Azhani Tealer quick sideout and extended-rally termination by Reagan Rutherford after a monster dig by Molly Tuozzo pushed the lead to five for UK for the first time in the match at 18-13 and Arkansas called its first timeout. (42 words)
Agu also narrated several attempts made by the ex-governor through a serving police DIG who hails from the same local government area to frustrate efforts to resolve the issue legally, alleging that the police in the state had been compromised. (41 words)
Commandant Balochistan Constabulary Salman Chaudhry would lead the special investigation team, and the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Quetta, the DIG Special Branch, and the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) would be members of the team. (37 words)
Kids will turn into time travelers and dig for your own dinosaurs, explore Wyoming geology, and dig up some interesting information on the land before us! (26 words)
Since its 1984 album, “From Her to Eternity,” the group has released 16 albums, many of which were showered in awards, including “The Boatman’s Call,” “Push the Sky Away” and “Dig, Lazarus, Dig! (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Commandant Balochistan Constabulary Salman Chaudhry would lead the special investigation team, and the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Quetta, the DIG Special Branch, and the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) would be members of the team.
To start collecting, players should search for treasure chests or dig on dig sites while exploring Selvadorada.
Kids will turn into time travelers and dig for your own dinosaurs, explore Wyoming geology, and dig up some interesting information on the land before us!
DIG K.V.D.A.J. Karavita who was in-charge of the Police Tourist division was transferred as the DIG in-charge of the Research & Development Division.
In addition to the original Ms. Pac-Man, you get Pac-Mania, Super Pac-Man and Pac-Land, along with Galaga, Galaxian, Dig Dug and Dig Dug II.
Duran’s dig partner, seasoned excavator and Mayville State University professor Michael Kjelland, had low expectations for the dig, hoping to find plant fossils — despite his finding another Triceratops skull in the area last year.
Since its 1984 album, “From Her to Eternity,” the group has released 16 albums, many of which were showered in awards, including “The Boatman’s Call,” “Push the Sky Away” and “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
Dig Player going for a dig Digging is the ability to prevent the ball from touching one's court after a spike or attack, particularly a ball that is nearly touching the ground.
I don't dig it, they don't dig me.
On December 27, 2006, Incubus launched the "I Dig Incubus" contest, in which participants cut together clips of the band performing their single " Dig ", to form a complete music video.
Recently formed Wildfire Television was involved in the production of The Big Roman Dig (2005) and The Big Royal Dig (2006).
They will also dig to escape as they can, when pressed, dig extremely quickly.
Adam needs something more complicated in order to dig a little bit deeper into his own feelings about internalized homophobia, something that he might have felt growing up.
Agu also narrated several attempts made by the ex-governor through a serving police DIG who hails from the same local government area to frustrate efforts to resolve the issue legally, alleging that the police in the state had been compromised.
A lot of things that happen over time that forces you to just kind of dig, reach for more and expect more out of yourself.
An Azhani Tealer quick sideout and extended-rally termination by Reagan Rutherford after a monster dig by Molly Tuozzo pushed the lead to five for UK for the first time in the match at 18-13 and Arkansas called its first timeout.
And of course, Lisa throws out an obvious dig.
And then secondly, on -- just to dig a bit more into your working capital outflow or working capital expectations for 2023.
And unfortunately, when you dig into some other data you see some rather concerning signs.
A night-time walk that creates an illuminated trail around Newcastle and Gateshead riverside is inviting people to dig out some glow-in-the-dark accessories and sign up - in aid of a very good cause.
Phrases with dig
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with dig
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to dig 61×
- dig at 25×
- dig into 24×
- dig in 15×
- dig deeper 14×
- dig deep 13×
- and dig 12×
- dig through 11×
- the dig 9×
- dig out 9×