Example Sentences
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They spaded dirt over the plot, said a prayer and drove away.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2021
As the years went by, she never plowed, spaded or even made a compost pile.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2017
The grave was quite new, and efficiently spaded; two shovels stood stiffly at its side.
From Time Magazine Archive
He admitted to the Committee that he had not been aware of many of the faults which the investigators had spaded up at Lockland, that "we weren't doing a job in some respects."
From Time Magazine Archive
Ashley took up a spade and spaded the flower bed, while Melanie took Boots to be spayed. stationary/stationery.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
