burrow
noun
a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal to live or hide in.
has been burrowing
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present perfect progressiveof burrow (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The savings rate has been burrowing lower for most of the past couple years.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2018
We're in 2015, in Wales, and while the Discovery Drilling Project has been burrowing deeper into the Earth's crust than ever before, "something else has been drilling UP".
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2010
For almost two years Novelist John Phillips Marquand has been burrowing at the roots of Charley Gray's discontent.
From Time Magazine Archive
