tunneling

/ tŭn′ə-lĭng /

1. See quantum tunneling

Example Sentences

For centuries, people have been tunneling into the landscape, which proved especially adept at hiding those fleeing persecution.

From The Daily Beast

They considered tunneling in from the side or maybe creating an entry hole by placing a shaped charge on the shelter roof.

From The Daily Beast

Tunneling mud-banks under water, with streams of water or streams of compressed air, struck me as decidedly a novelty.

From Project Gutenberg

Here the stream which has done all this carving and tunneling has got to the end of its tether.

From Project Gutenberg

The more rational way of tunneling through the hill or going around it had not yet dawned on our Dutch ancestors.

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At the end of the month the burrowing had been succeeded by tunneling, and both sides prepared for a winter of spasmodic action.

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The camp had a deserted appearance, for the men were all at work, tunneling the hill half a mile lower down.

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