burrow
noun
a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal to live or hide in.
had burrowed
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past perfectof burrow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The researchers found areas in the fossil where scavengers had burrowed into the trilobite in search of soft tissue.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023
The other, a dinosaur jaw, turned out to be a chunk of petrified wood that mollusks had burrowed into.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
He picks up a small, tubular, twisted white shell, the remnants of a marine bivalve that had burrowed into a log, making it home.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023
He had burrowed under the glove's lining on one of the fingers and embedded some of his stinging hairs in my finger when I disturbed him.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2020
He twisted to the left to look; the greensword had burrowed into it, through the cracks, and now the rock was disintegrating into pieces.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
