How to Use burrow in a Sentence

burrow

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  • The female digs a 6- to 10-inch-deep burrow that is ½-inch wide in the ground.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2021
  • The female digs a 6- to 10-inch-deep burrow that is ½ inch wide in the ground.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The boy had once seen a poster of a rabbit in a burrow on the wall of the school library.
    — Kate Dicamillo, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
  • When the eggs hatch, the new larvae burrow into the pods and start eating the seeds.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The female lays eggs on the leaves and the tiny larva burrow into the leave and feed inside.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The adult tortoise's shell was lodged into the burrow's clay walls.
    — Luke Runyon, azcentral, 9 Feb. 2020
  • But there was no evidence of what made the burrows and lived in them.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Mar. 2020
  • These burrows are works of art, with cozy chambers lined with grass and leaves.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Then the tiny, legged-but-wingless, pale-colored young drop to the ground and burrow to find roots from which to feed.
    — Janet Barber, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Moths, on the other hand, don’t build burrows or nests and instead roost in trees and shrubs during the day.
    — WIRED, 12 June 2023
  • As a result, the weather dried out the soil where crawfish burrow to lay eggs.
    — Sara Cline, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Ratty and Mole snug in the latter’s warm burrow on a cold winter’s night when the snow was so deep.
    — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The male will drum or tap on the burrow to attract the female’s attention.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2021
  • The fungus managed to throw the spores, or get the spores into this burrow to infect the spider.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Go back to your burrow and don’t take part in common action.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Instead of soybeans, the field is a graveyard of crawdads, their burrows cracking in the heat.
    — Autumn Schoolman, Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Growing to 10 feet long, the worm digs a burrow in the seafloor, leaving only its bear trap of a mouth sticking out.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Because its front legs are so much stronger than its back legs, it is believed to have dug and lived in burrows.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Fish flies hatch from larvae that burrow in the lake sediment for two or three years.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2023
  • The same layers show burrows created by small creatures that lived along the shore.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The burrow they were born in lies three miles west of Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, in the suburb of Makara.
    — Pete McKenzie, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Or they could be entombed within the burrow feet below the surface.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Print As trees and flowers blossom in spring, bees emerge from their winter nests and burrows.
    — Stephen Buchmann, The Conversation, 17 May 2023
  • Larvae burrow through the winter, feeding on the bark and disrupting the flow of the tree’s nutrients.
    — Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The weird foot shape is ideal for excavating a burrow in a sand bank.
    — Laura Erickson, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Finding all the woodchuck entrances and exits to their burrows is no easy task.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Today, Gus still lives in his burrow in their backyard.
    — Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2020
  • People see them most often in the fall, when 8- to 10-year-old male tarantulas leave their burrows to search for a mate.
    — Brian Dakss, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • That happens because the worms’ burrows fill with water.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The newborns spent the first two weeks of their life in somewhat of a quarantine, nestled safely in a burrow with their mom.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 30 June 2020
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burrow

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  • The frogs burrow under the mud.
  • The rabbit burrowed into the side of the hill.
  • The mole burrowed its way under the ground.
  • After the eggs hatch, the nymphs drop to the ground, burrow in the soil, and the whole 17-year process starts again.
    — Scott Horner, The Courier-Journal, 18 June 2021
  • The nymphs will crawl out of the tree branches and fling themselves to the ground and burrow down.
    — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 3 May 2021
  • Those nymphs will fall to the soil and burrow up to a foot and a half deep to begin the process again.
    — Ross Kenneth Urken, Scientific American, 14 June 2021
  • Then the adults die, the eggs hatch, the nymphs fall to the ground and burrow back into the earth, starting the cycle again.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Eggs laid in tree branches hatch, and the nymphs fall and burrow into the ground.
    — Ian Graber-Stiehl, Science | AAAS, 1 June 2021
  • Pets can curl and burrow into the donut bed thanks to its round shape.
    — Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Set the lizard-like creature down to burrow into the damp earth.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • By July the adults will be gone, and the nymphs will start falling to the ground to burrow into the soil.
    — Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Fisher said sea stars live burrowed in the sand along the shore, in the surf zone and beyond.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • If the soil under rocks and logs is cool and moist enough, worms don’t need to burrow.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The young then find rocks and crevasses to burrow down into and hide.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Those are leaf miners, which burrow through the leaves.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2022
  • Some prepared to burrow in and wait it out, hoping for the best.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The larvae hatch and then burrow between the top and bottom layer of the leaf.
    — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The female mite burrows into the skin in areas like between the fingers, in the wrist area, and in the armpit.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 6 June 2023
  • After a pair of cicadas mate and the female lays eggs in the tree, the nymphs drop out and burrow into the ground.
    — Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 12 May 2021
  • The female mite burrows into the skin in areas like between the fingers, in the wrist area, and the armpit.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Small animals such as voles can burrow through it to feed on the bark.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • This is a once-in-17-years event where the insects burrow out of the ground, molt, reproduce and then die.
    — David J. Smith, Forbes, 4 June 2021
  • The sides of the bed are furry and soft, which our dogs loved burrowing their heads into.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • And six to ten weeks later, the eggs will hatch and tiny nymphs will fall to the ground, burrow into the soil and begin their own 17-year wait.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2021
  • At some point on his ride, at least one black-legged tick burrowed into his skin.
    — Time, 28 July 2023
  • Ibrahim yelled, and a rescue crew burrowed down from the roof toward the family.
    — Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • In the wild, African penguins make nests by burrowing and lining their nest with leaves, sticks and rocks.
    — Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Though its gnarled blades stand only a few inches tall, its roots burrow down four to six feet.
    — Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022
  • Ghouls, the eaters of the dead, burrow underneath tombs and graveyards looking for meals and treasure.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • Termites will start to burrow their way into the wooden beams.
    — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024

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