Sentence examples for dug among from inspiring English sources

Clarissa by Samuel Richardson Before a tryst with seductive Robert Lovelace, Clarissa has a terrible dream warning her against him: the villainous rake "stabbed me to the heart, and then tumbled me into a deep grave ready dug, among two or three half- dissolved carcases; throwing in the dirt and earth upon me with his hands, and trampling it down with his feet".

The bone, thought to be from a dinosaur called Iguanodon, was unearthed as the finder dug among some tree roots.

Like archaeologists digging among ancient ruins, they must exhaustingly think out each step.

I went digging among my books and found what I was looking for: Clive James's "Unreliable Memoirs".

JERUSALEM — The editorial cartoon in Thursday's mass-circulation Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot showed American soldiers digging among the ruins of Haiti.

Digging among the files on my new machine, I found the relics of software programs I'd deleted three laptops ago.

Digging among the orchards and vineyards of modern villages, archaeologists reached layers of sediment 10 feet deep bearing classical pottery along with seashells and other marine remains.

Up she went on her step stool, sifting through a cabinet filled with spice jars, then across the room, peering deep into a cupboard, digging among bowls.

Is Charlotte here?' They counted again and again: 14 were missing.... Later, looking at all the bodies piled up outside Block 25, trying to find their friends, the women saw rats, the size of cats, digging among the frozen corpses".

But in spending so much screen time digging among Obama's very roots in Kenya and so much energy connecting Obama with a father who left the United States to return to there is the better to inveigh against the West.

But dig among the abandoned garages, piles of trash, and skeletal remains of cars and you'll find a treasure trove of tags, painted characters, and colorful, intricate letters forming an almost-natural bond with the desolate scenery.