Example Sentences

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Seated at one of the many round tables, shoppers are meant to feel as if they are unearthing a new part of their luxurious lineage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

"We are unearthing little by little the thousand-year history of the capital."

From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2023

Scientists are unearthing a quiet truth about the woods: Where trees grow depends in part on the decisions of mice, voles and other small mammals.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Sage says residential developers are unearthing opportunities even in high-density areas, but the new houses carry a high price per square foot.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2015

But one thing at a time—the leathern gallows is the iniquity we are unearthing at present.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles