How to Use dig for in a Sentence

dig for

verb
  • There’s less and less to dig for.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Broncos players will be in their new locker room and digs for training camp next month.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
  • Clemente has a history of digging for stories.
    — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Inside his midtown store, digging for the perfect disc is like a scavenger hunt, where the prize hits all the right notes.
    — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The Sacramento skiers dig for his head first, desperate to clear his airway.
    — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • That includes planting shrubs or trees, installing a fence or mailbox post, or digging for a patio, deck, or fire pit.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 20 Apr. 2026
  • MacLean’s attempt to dig for the puck appeared to knock Blackwood backwards.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
  • If the holes appear shallow, then they could be made by squirrels, looking for places to store nuts, or by skunks and raccoons, digging for grubs.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
  • These are important tools used for both feeding and building their dens and digging for other menu items such as mice, gophers, voles and shrews.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
  • Bulldozers opened a large pit into which individual graves were dug for the 60 coffins.
    — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Both his great-grandmother and his grandmother, who co-wrote the screenplay, were child laborers once compelled to dig for ore in the desert.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • Williams’ group first dug for video on YouTube to re-create everyday activities.
    — Haven Daley, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • But the director has spent decades digging for gold amid pulpier genres, turning out oddball horror, thriller, and comic-book movies.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Visitors can dig for crystals, hike scenic trails, or enjoy the clear waters of Lake Ouachita.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The city began digging for the project – that's why the Plaisance is a little bit lower than street level to this day – but the money ran out and the project was halted.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • Dug-Up Garden Burrowing is part of a squirrel's survival method, whether to dig for shelter or food storage.
    — Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 28 May 2026
  • Earlier this fall, an angler digging for fishing worms found a massive medieval treasure hoard outside of Stockholm.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
  • If digging for quartz crystals in a pile of red dirt doesn’t sound appealing, head to the Crystal Garden, one of the area’s best rock and quartz crystal shops.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Each filmmaker and each entity has to choose where the trench has to be dug for that particular person or that particular part of the industry.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 May 2026
  • Founded in the 1890s, the Victoria produced enough gold and silver to keep men digging for decades in this lonely place.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • My father-in-law traveled with us, and my kids enjoyed the day with their grandpa digging for dinosaur bones and learning about electricity and the solar system.
    — Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Luke Baker also had 12 digs for Winter Park, while Aidan Fontaine had 21 kills.
    — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Formal design dates back to the ancient Egyptians, whose practice was to plant along straight furrows or channels dug for irrigation purposes.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026
  • El Niño cycles So scientists went digging for answers to the mystery heat, tapping ideas from volcanoes to the sun to the clouds floating overhead.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In an essay for Business Insider, the video producer wrote that the two had been splashing around the ocean and digging for shells when her husband's ring slipped off his finger.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
  • Those were digs for opposing his map that gave a GOP advantage to all nine House seats in a delegation that now has two Democrats.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • Elizabeth Moss’ character, Mary, is very invested in solving the mystery, digging for clues and following leads.
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Some of this positioning has come from their fellow players; finales for the first 40 seasons were packed with bitter jurors who often saved their meanest digs for the women finalists.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Macy Reynolds and Sophia Baugh each had 24 digs for PLNU, while Baugh had 56 assists.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Additionally, Joshua Robinson recorded four kills and four blocks, and Emmanuel Tascon added three kills and eight digs for the Hawks.
    — Bill Kemp, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026

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