unearth
verb (used with object)
to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
was unearthing
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past progressiveof unearth.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The model’s greatest success was unearthing Claudio Braga, a Portuguese forward who was plying his trade in the Norwegian second division.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
The author’s singular talent was unearthing patterns in history and painting them plainly, according to Jamieson.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2023
The editorial director, Lukas Volger, said he and his co-founder, the creative director Stephen Viksjo, were partly inspired by the desire to share the lost queer culinary narratives that Mr. Birdsall was unearthing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2018
A week later he was unearthing the huge slabs of alabaster that had lined its walls, panels that depicted the power of the Assyrian king and the grovelling submission of his enemies.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2015
He had expected to unearth a secret conspiracy, and perhaps a dynamite-bomb or two; instead of which, apparently, he was unearthing a volcano!
From 100%: the Story of a Patriot by Upton Sinclair
