tunnel
noun
an underground passage.
will tunnel
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future tenseof tunnel.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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After more than a decade underground, they will tunnel through the soil and up to the treetops to spend the remainder of their lives loudly buzzing for a mate.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
It will tunnel uphill all the way, so that wastewater will ultimately flow downhill, from Wallingford toward Ballard, where it will be pumped to the West Point Treatment Plant in Magnolia.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2021
Dominion Energy’s facility is integral to the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which will tunnel under the nearby James River and march across the county.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2018
It will tunnel 1,400 miles under eight states and 20 rivers and surmount the rolling Alleghenies.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few thousand dollars will tunnel the mountain.
From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Nason, Frank Lewis
