EXCAVATION in a Sentence
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21 example sentences for EXCAVATION, such as:
1. They plan to excavate a large hole.
2. The area has not yet been fully excavated.
3. The mining company wants to excavate the hill site.
4. There's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton.
5. The excavation of the sewer of Paris has been no slight task.
2. The area has not yet been fully excavated.
3. The mining company wants to excavate the hill site.
4. There's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton.
5. The excavation of the sewer of Paris has been no slight task.
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Meanings and Examples of EXCAVATION
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excavation
n. the act of digging
n. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
Classic Sentence:
1 The wayfarer bent over and examined a rather large circular excavation, resembling the hollow of a sphere, in the stone on the left, at the foot of the pier of the door.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
2 We have just seen, in Book Fourth, one of the compartments of the upper mine, of the great political, revolutionary, and philosophical excavation.
3 The excavation of the sewer of Paris has been no slight task.
4 On the left, in a sort of valley, he perceived a circular excavation.
5 Seizing his sharp boat-spade, he commenced an excavation in the body, a little behind the side fin.
6 He has been excavating a barrow at Long Down and has got a prehistoric skull which fills him with great joy.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
7 By dint of excavating graves for other people, one hollows out one's own.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
8 Beneath the social construction, that complicated marvel of a structure, there are excavations of all sorts.
9 At a certain depth, the excavations are no longer penetrable by the spirit of civilization, the limit breathable by man has been passed; a beginning of monsters is possible.
10 A rocky cliff appeared, mounds of turned-up earth by the shore, houses on a hill, others, with iron roofs, amongst a waste of excavations, or hanging to the declivity.
11 So bold men, who are tempted by every chance, have quite frequently, as we are assured, opened the holes excavated by the black man, and tried to rob the devil.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
12 Of all these writers, the one who probably then excavated in the masses the most unhealthy gallery was Restif de La Bretonne.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
13 Here and there, particularly beneath the Court-House, they thought they recognized the hollows of ancient dungeons, excavated in the very sewer itself.
14 There was a void in his memory, a black spot, an abyss excavated by four months of agony.
Example Sentence:
1 There's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton.
2 But his defenders note that the current excavation of the tunnel was initiated by the Labor government.
3 A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs.
4 While excavating the site for a new hotel, workers unearthed the remains of several dinosaurs.
5 The area has not yet been fully excavated.
6 The mining company wants to excavate the hill site.
7 They plan to excavate a large hole.