DELVE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for DELVE, such as:
1. She delved in her bag and pulled out a pen.
2. We delved into the newspaper files to find out the facts.
3. Mr Tate withdrew his delving hand and spread out the essay.
4. Digging and delving we break with the share of the plough the clod.
5. To delve into old books and manuscripts is part of a researcher's job.
2. We delved into the newspaper files to find out the facts.
3. Mr Tate withdrew his delving hand and spread out the essay.
4. Digging and delving we break with the share of the plough the clod.
5. To delve into old books and manuscripts is part of a researcher's job.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DELVE
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delve
v. turn up, loosen, or remove earth
Classic Sentence:
1 And, after many, many years, a new grave was delved, near an old and sunken one, in that burial-ground beside which King's Chapel has since been built.
2 Digging and delving, ploughing and sowing they were singing, but the wind blew their words away.
3 Digging and delving we break with the share of the plough the clod.
4 Mr Tate withdrew his delving hand and spread out the essay.
5 Here and there warm isles of sand gleamed above the shallow tide and about the isles and around the long bank and amid the shallow currents of the beach were lightclad figures, wading and delving.
Example Sentence:
1 To delve into old books and manuscripts is part of a researcher's job.
2 She delved in her bag and pulled out a pen.
3 We delved into the newspaper files to find out the facts.