How to Use ditch in a Sentence

ditch

1 of 2 noun
  • He drove the car into the ditch.
  • That's how people end up in a ditch.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • She’d been dragged into a ditch.
    — Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, the truck fell into a ditch.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
  • Water sprayed up from the truck tires and pooled in the ditches.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • The pickup truck came to a rest in a ditch, the sheriff said.
    — Will McDuffie, ABC News, 12 May 2023
  • Her body was found there in a nearby ditch the next morning.
    — Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The sweet steam mixed with the sour smell of leaves in ditches and marshy places along the creek.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Add a drainage ditch or swale to absorb water during storms.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
  • The driver fled, crashed his car into a ditch and tried to escape on foot.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The impact sent the car rolling three times before landing in a ditch.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The fence corners are clean, so are the ditches, and the fruit trees have been pruned and sprayed.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The bus was still trapped in the ditch with passengers inside.
    — ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Her body was found three days later in a ditch south of Fort Worth.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
  • Most of the fires were in ditches, though some spread into nearby corn fields.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Most farm fields have open drainage ditches alongside them to capture runoff.
    — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Tunnels, very large drainage ditches, things that could not be secured.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Small streams, creeks, and ditches may become swollen and overflow.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Andrews made his last-ditch effort, a dive, 30 yards from the end zone.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
  • This ditch will be 11 kilometres long.
    — John Bartlett, NPR, 23 May 2026
  • Guerra’s body was found in a ditch in April 2022.
    — Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • McQueen’s father ran for safety and hid in a ditch for hours.
    — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The whole operation swerved off the road and straight into a ditch.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • After pulling his car out of the ditch, the police released the driver.
    — Courtney Testa, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Police had to break down a gate leading to the ditch to reach the man and recover his body.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Along the banks and in the ditch, there was a heavy growth of algae and vegetation.
    — Arcelia Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There was just senior ditch day, and still yearbooks to sign and getting that diploma.
    — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
  • Her body had been dumped in a ditch, her mother said in a Facebook comment.
    — Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • More than a dozen residents stood talking beside a runoff-swollen ditch.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The ditch that’s up to 19 feet deep dwarfs the heavy machinery inside of it.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026

ditch

2 of 2 verb
  • The thief ditched the purse in an alley.
  • They ditched the car in a vacant lot.
  • They ditched me at the concert.
  • Keep the shirt, ditch the pants.
    — Minty Mellon, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t ditch the birth control just yet, though.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • What is 'ding, dong, ditching'?
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Been there, done that, and ditched that a year ago for good reason.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The days of ditching it all to hop on the next flight seemed long gone.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 17 July 2023
  • The Dodgers have ditched that for a new cutter.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Take it from here and ditch the faux Zoom background.
    — Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
  • But his best moments ditch the ennui and open up.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Up to one third of users may ditch their tracker within six months.
    — Sara Hoffman, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Start by ditching the one-size-fits-all model.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Trying to ditch plastic in the kitchen?
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2026
  • Oh, and Rachel just ditched Nicky at the altar.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
  • Just don't ditch those custom heirlooms.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • So here’s how soccer fans can ditch their car at home and take the train instead.
    — Megan Vaz, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • Secondly, ditch the chain-link fences.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • And he’s been known to ditch his iPhone for a flip phone for stretches at a time.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Some shoppers are even ditching their Dysons for it.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • City birds ditch nature Male bowerbirds do not help raise young.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
  • Users skip the middleman and ditch the 48-hour hold.
    — Jamie Elkaleh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Ready to ditch basic sneakers for something a bit dressier?
    — Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Or ditch the devices and brush up on rules for the I Spy road trip game.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
  • So, that meant ditching the green dress for something better.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • This isn't the first time Klum has been open about ditching her shirt, either.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In the hours before his car was ditched, Logan’s phone had gone on a road trip.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 21 June 2023
  • This could be the kind of product that convinces some people to ditch their old phones for a new one.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But music fans are not ditching streaming.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Visitors just might have to ditch their cars in favor of snowshoes or skis.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 9 Feb. 2024

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