Sentence examples for first dig from inspiring English sources

Quoting Confucius, he said, "A person who sets out on a path of revenge should first dig two graves".

The Economist, in a look at the challenges facing the architects of new U.S. embassies, headlined its article "First, dig your moat".

Another quote, Confucius this time, said: "A person who sets out on a path of revenge should first dig two graves".

For example, chimpanzees of the Congo basin first dig into termite mounds with a stout stick and then fish for individual termites with a long, slender wand.

After 17 years as a therapist and teacher, she still relishes the enthusiasm that takes hold when her students first dig in the dirt.

Anyone who wants to understand Lincoln today must first dig through a century and a half of other people's attempts, but every biographer hopes that, with more research and a fresh angle, misconceptions will fall away and the man himself will come into view.

Clayton Phipps, the Dino Cowboy, remembers the day in June 2006 he first dug up the tyrannosaur.

Silchester, on a low hill near Basingstoke in Hampshire, was first dug up by the Victorians.

Another manmade feature, this is an old waterway first dug, perhaps, in Roman times.

At first, digging was done by hand with picks and baskets, peasants being drafted as forced labour.

The ditches were first dug during the Depression to drain wetlands of standing water where mosquitoes can breed.