6 sentences with 'dug'
Example sentences and phrases with the word dug and other words derived from it.
• « In a symbolic parallel, the Committee also had the bodies of the dead French kings dug up and thrown into a mass grave (the corpse of Louis XIV fell over that of his grandfather, Henri IV). »
• « Although they began as hastily dug, improvised trenches, the trenches grew into vast networks of fortified crevices stretching from the English Channel in the north to the Swiss Alps in the south. »
• « There were some pieces missing. So with our fingernails we dug half a hillside of sandy soil, and sifted it into our trousers (to the dismay of our mothers). We found more bones; enough for me to display the snake at a school exhibition. »
• « She showed some trepidation, but agreed to watch me do it; we dug up some worms, headed down to the creek that flows into the lake, and set up on the spot where I caught my first fish, almost 50 summers ago. »
• « Fear spread in the city of Buenos Aires when the first defeated troops arrived. Faced with the possibility of a swift British attack, the mayor Martín de Álzaga took command, who organised the defence, ordered trenches to be dug, distributed weapons and raised everyone's spirits. At that moment Liniers returned, having managed to reorganise his forces. »