On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Digging. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as excavation or dig and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Digging in a sentence
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Digging meaning
- The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
- A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
- Accommodation; lodgings; digs.
Synonyms of Digging
Using Digging
- The main meaning on this page is: The action performed by a person or thing that digs. | A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained. | Accommodation; lodgings; digs.
- Useful related words include: excavation, dig, creating by removal.
- In the example corpus, digging often appears in combinations such as: digging into, digging up, digging in.
Context around Digging
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Digging
- In this selection, "digging" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stop, contractor, minutes, deep, huge and joshi stand out and add context to how "digging" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a contractor digging on a and a little digging joshi found. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "digging" sits close to words such as contests, demolition and depot, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with digging
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And so, I did some digging. (6 words)
After a couple of minutes digging with his hands, he touches metal. (12 words)
After a little digging, Joshi found a vessel that contained coins from a bygone era. (15 words)
A 360-degree camera system is also standard on all but the base ES trim level, and you can pull up the camera view with a single press of a button, instead of digging through touchscreen menus, as other automakers force drivers to do. (44 words)
As well as The Last Ride series, his regular Undertaker: 1 deadMan Show performances also factor into his decision to effectively retire the character after showing fans he has ‘actual thoughts that aren’t revolved around digging holes and taking souls’. (41 words)
A tense fight is escalating, with Democrats refusing to budge and hard-line Republicans digging in. Without a solution, economists and others warn, the US could be plunged into an “economic catastrophe”. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
A 360-degree camera system is also standard on all but the base ES trim level, and you can pull up the camera view with a single press of a button, instead of digging through touchscreen menus, as other automakers force drivers to do.
A coastguard has issued a warning to holidaymakers to stop digging huge holes, after a young boy nearly died when his sandy excavation collapsed on him.
A contractor digging on a residential building site in Fishersville on Tuesday morning found what appeared to be human remains.
Across the country, the days are getting warmer, and soon you may be digging out your straw hat and reaching for last summer's bottle of sunscreen.
After a couple of minutes digging with his hands, he touches metal.
After a little digging, Joshi found a vessel that contained coins from a bygone era.
After digging a little deeper, she soon discovered the child and his family had at home - and faced going to bed starving.
After doing some digging, Helmer learned the call he received about the court date change came from the Adult Probation Office.
Again, this is one of those tracks that was written to be sung live in front of a massive audience and finds Swift digging deep to provide a vocally charged performance.
A good way to protect your new bulb planting is to cover the area with plastic garden netting to prevent the squirrels from digging in the area.
A layer of mulch over the bed after planting will help reduce the germination of the weed seeds exposed by digging.
A maintenance worker has admitted going on a violent hospital rampage with a digging tool – but denied he tried to kill three colleagues.
And digging deep to find topics other than crushes will probably make your friendship richer and more interesting in the long run.
And Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has either forgotten or ignored the adage that if you’re stuck in a hole, the first thing you should do is stop digging.
And so, I did some digging.
Anyone digging underground in Colorado is required to call 811 to find out where various power lines, fiber optic cables and natural gas pipes are buried.
Anyone planning on digging should reach out to BC 1 Call at least three business days before starting work to gather information on buried utility lines in their area.
As well as The Last Ride series, his regular Undertaker: 1 deadMan Show performances also factor into his decision to effectively retire the character after showing fans he has ‘actual thoughts that aren’t revolved around digging holes and taking souls’.
A tense fight is escalating, with Democrats refusing to budge and hard-line Republicans digging in. Without a solution, economists and others warn, the US could be plunged into an “economic catastrophe”.
At my height (6-foot-1), I’ve got a long fall to the ground, so digging doesn’t come naturally for me.
Common combinations with digging
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- digging into 20×
- digging up 18×
- digging in 16×
- digging through 14×
- some digging 11×
- by digging 10×
- digging out 9×
- digging deep 9×
- digging the 8×
- of digging 7×