tunnel
noun
an underground passage.
is tunneling
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present progressiveof tunnel (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He is tunneling beneath Los Angeles to create a prototype underground transit network which, he says, can save the city from traffic congestion.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2018
Two football teams compete in the city’s backyard, and a subway system is tunneling its way toward the sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2017
Now it is expanding its options: it is tunneling under the bottom of Lake Mead to install a third intake valve that could continue operating until lake levels dropped below 1,000 feet.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2010
While he is tunneling away beneath an improbable-looking ruin, a traveling circus pitches tent in the vicinity, and where does Danny's tunnel end?
From Time Magazine Archive
When he is tunneling just under the surface he makes ridges exactly like these of his eastern cousin.
From The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
