How to Use dig out in a Sentence

dig out

verb
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  • The city then wants to dig out the site of the house, refill it and clean up the area.
    — Sara Tabin, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The Lynx spent the rest of the game trying to dig out of the crater, but came up just short.
    — Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
  • But lose three or more, and the Hoosiers will have a hole to dig out of the rest of the season.
    — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Aug. 2020
  • In the dark, Shuey dug out the shop’s change safe with her hands from a foot and a half of mud.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 1 June 2018
  • That's quite a hole to dig out of, but the UAE is giving it a go.
    — Fortune, 18 May 2021
  • The area is marked by huge waste dumps made up of rock and earth that have been dug out of the mines.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The Jets got on the board first when Nik Ehlers dug out the puck in the corner and worked it back up the half-wall.
    — Tim Hackett, SI.com, 10 May 2018
  • The boys began to dig out what would be known as the Money Pit.
    — Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021
  • The walkway down to the lighthouse was dug out and replaced.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Females use the hind feet to dig out a hole as deep as their feet can reach.
    — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
  • Or sometimes to dig out news the team would prefer to hide.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2021
  • Players talk all the time about the burden of having to dig out of holes.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2019
  • Lue dug out several plays designed to put the ball in the hands of Love.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 4 May 2018
  • All three males were buried, but one victim had managed to dig out of the slide.
    — CBS News, 16 Feb. 2020
  • With that in mind, toward season’s end, Ryan dug out the pick-6 ball.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Seems like old times — maybe even time to dig out those parade plans.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2021
  • The snow has piled so high that crews have also been forced to dig out some of the chairlifts, up to 40 feet off the ground.
    — Amudalat Ajasa, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • And workers — those that had to go to the office — dug out, and then dug in, for long commutes.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Their defense had already dug them a hole too large to dig out of.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2021
  • The city’s first tunnel, the Lake Union Sewer Tunnel, was dug out of fear.
    — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, 30 May 2018
  • At one point, shovels were also needed to dig out the wheels, the 11-minute video shows.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 4 July 2018
  • Kids can smash their way through the shell and the compound inside to dig out the pieces of a buildable dinosaur.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Some folks like to dig out a channel in the banana and then add the fillings or cut the banana in halves.
    — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Time to dig out that sequined glove and brush up on those old moonwalk moves.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2018
  • But the fact is lapses have forced the Lynx to dig out of holes, rather than create them for Seattle.
    — Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The channel has both east and west lines that began being dug out in 2003.
    — Mayra Cruz, Houston Chronicle, 19 June 2019
  • The aloe vera and citric acid in this stuff dig out dirt, oil, and product buildup.
    — Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health, 24 May 2022
  • Here are nine reasons why the Celtics could still dig out of a gloomy predicament and find a way to win the NBA title.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022
  • The death toll stood at more than 200 people across the Southeast, with more missing, as cities and towns continue to dig out from the rubble.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Survivors are pitching in for each other, bringing food and water, helping dig out and cut up knocked down trees.
    — Steve Almasy, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024

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