How to Use drill into in a Sentence

drill into

verb
  • Nor does drilling into them do him many favours.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Iron bars are drilled into the rock walls to assist with the climb.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
  • His third was drilled into the bottom corner from the very edge of the penalty box.
    — Jay Harris, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • Another member of the camp, perhaps one who produced the tools found in the cave, drilled into the tooth.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
  • The chatbot starts with questions about a final group project and drills into details based on each student’s answers.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The chatbot starts with questions about a final group project and drills into details based on each student’s answers.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The chatbot starts with questions about a final group project and drills into details based on each student’s answers.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a metal bed drilled into the concrete, and a toilet-sink combination.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The Rubbermaid Deluxe tool tower rack stores rakes, shovels, hoes and more without drilling into your walls.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Within Caburian’s coaching style is a list of expressions drilled into players’ minds.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Agents and robots can drill into data sets to identify patterns and generate options.
    — Anu Madgavkar, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Rarely, a secondary problem may occur if woodpeckers discover the bounty and drill into the wood in search of bee larvae.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 June 2026
  • Gummed-up valves and concerns that drilling into the tank may spark a reaction with the volatile chemicals seemed to rule out obvious solutions.
    — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 25 May 2026
  • Those stars have allegedly recommended her some procedures that’s she’s drilled into her routine.
    — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Its device is considered highly invasive, requiring a robotic arm to drill into the skull.
    — PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Drew encouraged the nearly 800 grads to also take with them that sense of integrity drilled into them at Valpo.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
  • Finishing with the ball tucked high across the goal line is something position coaches drill into every player throughout training camp.
    — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Treatment for termites may include liquid termiticides, drilling into slabs, or installing bait stations.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Treatment for termites may include liquid termiticides, drilling into slabs, or installing bait stations.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
  • Because Kittle’s Achilles ruptured higher up the calf, his repair did not require holes being drilled into his heel.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
  • Boyles said the city’s utilities department was drilling into the concrete to put in a pressure-relieving pipe to release the methane.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The malfeasance of the ’60s and ’70s is really drilled into us at Quantico.
    — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • However, drilling into these areas could help to identify the chemistry of potential habitats for past or present microbial life.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • For that reason, scientists drilled into Greenland’s ice core to study its sub-layers and assess if Iceworm tunnels were viable.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Scientists have studied giant octopus relatives that roamed when dinosaurs were around, and researched some small octopuses that drilled into clams.
    — CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Scientists have studied giant octopus relatives that roamed when dinosaurs were around, and researched some small octopuses that drilled into clams.
    — ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Emily Scott, the owner of Scott Farm in Maine, advises that holes should be drilled into the bottom of the troughs to ensure proper drainage.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 13 June 2026
  • The bold plan Compared to offshore wind farms drilled into the seabed, floating wind farms use buoyant platforms that float on the water’s surface, secured by a complex system of mooring lines and anchors.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
  • In a lab at Dunwoody College of Technology, Lisa Peck carefully drills into a piece of metal.
    — Derek James, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • The defender controlled the ball on his chest before drilling into the bottom right corner for his first goal in Italy after joining from Marseille in February.
    — ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026

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