tunneling
[ tŭn′ə-lĭng ]
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How to use tunneling in a sentence
For centuries, people have been tunneling into the landscape, which proved especially adept at hiding those fleeing persecution.
The Secret Life of Cappadocia: Underground in the Turkish Rock Formations | Nina Strochlic | August 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey considered tunneling in from the side or maybe creating an entry hole by placing a shaped charge on the shelter roof.
Alabama Hostage Standoff: Jimmy Lee Dykes Seized Boy to Gain Attention | Michael Daly | February 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTtunneling mud-banks under water, with streams of water or streams of compressed air, struck me as decidedly a novelty.
Careers of Danger and Daring | Cleveland MoffettHere the stream which has done all this carving and tunneling has got to the end of its tether.
Riverby | John BurroughsThe more rational way of tunneling through the hill or going around it had not yet dawned on our Dutch ancestors.
Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton
At the end of the month the burrowing had been succeeded by tunneling, and both sides prepared for a winter of spasmodic action.
America's War for Humanity | Thomas Herbert RussellThe camp had a deserted appearance, for the men were all at work, tunneling the hill half a mile lower down.
In Exile and Other Stories | Mary Hallock Foote
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