Sentence examples for dig a line from inspiring English sources

Dig a line around the fire, put it out".

Now, however, some in Saudi Arabia appear to want to draw – or rather dig – a line in the sand, creating a permanent physical barrier between the two countries and essentially turning the Qatari peninsula into an island.

Eventually they will lengthen the Q to 125th and dig a new line, the T, from the Financial District straight up Second Avenue to 125th Street.

Water-dropping aircraft and firefighters on the ground have been working around the clock to douse the flames and dig a containment line around the blaze, according to Cal Fire.

In 2010, a company named Spread Networks spent $300m to dig a fiber-optic line between Chicago and New York.

Shortly after 3 00 am on April 23, conditions were further improved by the arrival of the bulk of the Canadian 7th Battalion, which moved westward to dig a north-south line some 700 yards (0.6 km) long.

City workers discovered the temple site in 1978 while digging a subway line.

Art Morrison, of the Arizona State Forestry Commission, told CNN the hotshot crew in Arizona was "digging a fire line" - removing fuel from the path of a wildfire - when the fire overtook them.

Further back, two companies of the 9th and the 10th Battalions had started digging a trench line.

In nearby Pigeon Forge, some cabins at Dollywood — co-owned by country singer Dolly Parton, who is from the area — were damaged or destroyed, but the park remained unscathed after firefighters dug a fire line.

When the tide goes out, lobsters caught above the water line dig a hole to hide in, leaving a little mound of sand we call a scraping.