burrowing
- present participle of burrow.
Example Sentences
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“Once you see a burrowing owl, you just fall in love,” said Catherine Portman, president of the Burrowing Owl Preservation Society.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2024
Burrowing owls are a small species, standing only about 9 inches tall, named for the nests they make by digging into the dirt.
From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 2023
Burrowing owls are the rare extroverts of the raptor world.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2022
Burrowing himself in 18th-century source materials, Dr. Bailyn used pre-revolutionary political pamphlets to portray the colonists as deeply principled and driven by radical ideas about republicanism and liberty in the face of encroaching British power.
From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2020
Burrowing into her pack, she grabbed Nin’s old spyglass.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
