“Er, no, first I tried to dig my toes in to keep from falling. And that’s when the shelf moved and I did fall.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It had never felt so good to be digging and sweating in the hot sun. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But an extra pair of hands digging for worms wouldn’t have been the worst thing in the world. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The work crew was digging a shallow trench for the concrete foundation of the wall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They flailed at their oars, digging them too deep in the water or too shallow, out of time with one another, angry and desperate to catch up, losing all semblance of form. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The man was not digging any more, he was watching me, Jasper at his side. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I dig my hands into my pockets and rock back and forth on my heels, waiting for Jake to say something. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

"Caveman digs his holes, just like everyone else." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Of course, we could get Dave to dig us out easily in that time, except that our precious emergency must have thrown him off, and his radio circuit is out.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I finished the one section that she wanted and started digging out a new flower bed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curled my fingers against my palm, digging my nails in. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She gripped the stone, digging into the cracks, Kaz’s gloves bunching around her damp fingers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I feel the gun digging into my back, disguised by my baggy shirt. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Still, it was easier for two boys to dig a six-foot hole than it was for one boy to dig a five-foot hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Stanley spent more time pushing the wheelbarrow than digging, because he was such a slow digger. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He fingered the ball, tips digging into the red stitching. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba digs into her purse and pulls out a butterscotch candy. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

They started at dawn, pulling up the old, rotten wood and digging new, deeper holes to anchor the posts. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

To the side, the workers were digging a shallow pit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But who decides what to do about elil? And digging and sending out scouting parties and so on?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I put the bowl on the ground, he nudges my hand before digging in. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

This is as good a place as any to dig up information. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“No matter where we dig, it ends up being the wrong place.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I’d had the idea to dig up Dad’s coffin the night after I met the renter. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I see. You just wanted to help with the digging, is that it?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure how much she understood, but she bounded to the pile and started to dig. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you see how Haitians wave? Don’t you love it? You dig?” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

For a moment I thought of digging out New York clothes and putting on a puff for the boy, but I dropped that one and settled for clean chino slacks and a knitted shirt. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for much of each day, they had to dig for water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Elnora’s eyes were weak and her knees crippled, I helped her by digging roots and measuring tiny pinches of dried plants. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was treacherously easy to catch nothing but air between waves or to dig too deeply into a wave and catch a crab. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It goes all over the vlei, so you can forget about running away. Save your breath for digging.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders ache as she digs into the water on one side and then the other. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I curled my fingers inward, digging my nails into my palms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m digging the key out of my shoe when I hear Miss Fulton’s door open behind me. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

And he has the reinforcements he recruited—fifteen others are here with him, digging in the dirt. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Photographs transmitted by the spy satellite showed Soviet construction crews digging a twenty-three-mile-long trench near Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but dig, I got a way to pay them jive old squares back.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thumbed through The Lord of the Rings for a minute and then tossed it aside, digging deeper until he pulled out my little orange child-proof medicine bottle. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Grass turf that had been removed when the digging had begun was then placed back on top of the grave. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up there was a bright light in my eyes and somebody was digging into my shoulder with a scalpel. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She continued to dig furiously, her head down. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dig a shallow grave for Master Brookes, and we sail away, leaving him there on Mona. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Awaking at dawn, he immediately tugged on irrigation boots and a sweater and plunged outside to dig worms from the rich damp earth along his irrigation ditch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used my fingernails to dig half moons into my calves, my thighs, one white indentation for each finger, and when the creases faded away I did ten more. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She limped around the perimeter of the house, looking for a garden, some carrots she could dig from the earth, a tomato she could pluck from a vine, but these people didn’t keep a garden. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I dig deeper in the drawer, coming up with a weathered gallonsized bag of documents. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He starts digging for it, things falling to the floor as he searches. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He had knotted two of Security’s legs together around his neck so that his hands would be free for digging. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing at the kitchen sink pouring the rest of his coffee down the drain when he looked through the window and saw Ruth digging in the garden. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man who worked in it lived in a house at one end and he used to dig or cut great quantities of vegetables, put them into a hrududu and drive them away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But let’s dig below the surface and ask a few simple questions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She was digging in a small hole about the size of a big apple. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They know that it has all been buried and that they will have to dig to find it; so much easier to do when the owners are on vacation . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t say that it was this sense of guilt, though, that had my fingers itching to hammer my keyboard for some more digging—not exclusively. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When we’re back home it takes a while to dig Alphie out from under the load of coal and turf and he won’t stop screaming till I give him bread and marmalade. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have to dig long before they hit something solid, and soon a metal box was revealed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The parrot sighs, digs his talons painfully into my shoulders, beats his wings, and lifts me away from the ratlines of the foremast. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“He says if we want to eat, we must dig. Our ration depends on our progress.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He stared at the point where Kainene had burned his manuscript and remembered days ago in Nsukka, how he had felt nothing, absolutely nothing, watching Harrison dig and dig in the garden. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After that: scrubbing his face, digging his fingertips into the itchy growth of unaccustomed beard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I ask as I dig into my two-piece meal. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

First he pulled out his rifle, then, after digging around for a second, he hauled something else out and held it up triumphantly—a plastic bag full of aluminum cans and glass beer bottles. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I can see, for instance, how she might have felt I had been the one to first violate an understanding, and that her little dig had just been a retaliation. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept looking around for any of the agents, and also for a place to dig a hole, a place that wouldn't be bothered if I had to do time. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t stop digging at them—or couldn’t stop, he said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel his feet beginning to swell because the circulation was cut off by the metal digging into his skin. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Stick grabbed the sides of his head, digging his fingers into his hair. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then I dig for some change in my pocket and head into the first subway station I can find. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I dig a conservative set and I was doing my thing on the floor when Mtisha showed. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The entire operation was not unlike the digging of a trench in one's yard. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a signal from me, we dropped down and began digging. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I...I’d like to say something,” I said, digging my hands as deep into my pockets as they could go. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He started and looked up at a man in black jeans and a flannel shirt, his brown hair ruffled and messy, his hand in his right pocket, digging around. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After a time Strawberry stopped digging and began moving about between the roots, sniffing, biting and scuffling in the soil with his front paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Second, dig a perfect circle hole all the way down to the wooden ceiling here on the inside of the root cellar. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I feel a frown digging into my forehead. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

These were the adzukulu, or grave diggers, who are hired to do the job of digging and burying. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The other shrugged and got back to digging. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

With his entrenching tool, which weighed 5 pounds, he began digging a hole in the earth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Services had never seemed so long, the metal chairs never seemed to have so many digging edges. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to the man, who had bent down again to his futile digging. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A teacher tells her to shut up, but the teacher can’t make Char’s eyes stop digging into me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Jenna replies, digging into her pocket for the money her dad gave her, “I figure it’s my job to help it along.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When we went past this one section where a guy was digging up the street with a jackhammer I started thinking how Mexico was exactly where me and Rondell should go. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“While you gaze at the sea,” I said, “I dig roots. And it is I who will eat them and you who will not.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would dig for as long as it seemed safe, and not a sec-ond longer. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Will felt Balthamos dig tiny claws into his shoulder, and kept still. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then, just before I was to go to bed, she uttered a paralyzing injunction: she ordered me to go out into the dark, dig a grave, and bury the kitten. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

However much he loved us, he couldn’t live with the madness in our Queens home, preferring to keep his old digs at 478 Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked ahead, digging a hole with her stick and dropping in three corn kernels from her own sling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her words dig under my skin like pinpricks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I run back into my bedroom and dig through my shoes to get to a cardboard box. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was afraid we’d end up eating dandelions, digging wild turnips and grubs out of the ground to stay alive. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to dig at the base of the sycamore. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hands it over, and I dig to the bottom for the familiar shape of the book that’s always there. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And as we rounded into the final two hundred meters, I had to dig deep and step it up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

His preparation was to dig a trench, heaping the earth in a long ridge beside it to hold the blades half-bedded. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slams on the brakes, startling the ibises that are digging for worms in the soggy grass. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He was glad that he'd be digging his own hole for the rest of the day. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He could dig holes, and he had a real gift for bringing water for them both in cans and canteens from the tanks near the mess hall. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Uhmma starts digging at the bottom of her purse for the change that will buy us a ticket to our dreams. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I am barely able to stand, but I will help to dig the graves. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was so innocent that he asked her what had happened to her and Amaranta pretended to dig into her breasts with the tips of her fingers and answered: “They gave me some terrible cuts.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Not so when we are upon fatigue: When we dig, bind, do any of the work of entrenchment—these things I know from long practice—I am one of the number. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Besides, we had nothing to dig a grave with. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Big news from the dinosaur dig: They found a Camptosaurus skull fragment about the size of a paint chip. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Several members of the council began to dig through piles of old scrolls, as if hoping to find an answer to his question. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was on a river called the Yazoo, not far from Vicksburg, digging ditches, chopping wood, and building bridges. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Lev enters the gate, counts out eighteen steps along the side of the garden and four steps toward the house, crouches down and begins to dig with his hands. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I put one in front of him, Shawn jabbed a finger into my ribs, digging hard. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Bing was pounding the soda bottle against the rock, so I called to him, “Don’t dig so hard. You’ll bust a hole in the wall and fall all the way to China.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their digging to extract the tuber loosened and aerated the soil and fostered regrowth. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He could not be certain, and with so much at stake, Lamphere knew he had to dig deeper. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes studies the checkered linoleum, longs to dig for her bones like a dog, claim them from the black-hooded earth, the scraping blade. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that was left were the thorny roots digging into the bottom of the door to the next compartment. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

On one of those afternoons I wandered by Henry’s house and found him in his back yard digging a flower bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could see a long way off through the trees, and there were ragged bodies in the fields, groups of men digging, cutting trees for cover. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time they slowed down, we would shoot around them and they would resume digging faster. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They dug clams until the water covered the flats—actually as Lizzie pointed out, Turner mostly watched her dig clams until the water covered the flats. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was just digging another hole under another fence. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I had to dig with my bare hands. I was afraid.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The metal handle digs and burns the palms of my hands. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, Annie will dig this,” I said, hoping that Casey was paying attention to the fact that I wasn't talking about a guy. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I found her in her room, digging in a little box like a squirrel looking for nuts. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My grandfather stomps over to him, digging in his backpack. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I learned how black parents would advise their kids to keep their driver’s license somewhere accessible, so they wouldn’t have to dig deep for it, lest the cops think they were reaching for a gun. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I tightened my hold, digging my fingers deep into his flesh. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’d let myself believe the lies because it was easier than digging for the truth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They stretched out in the middle of the road, flat on their backs, not wanting to miss anything should one of my celebrity friends decide to drop by and help me dig the septic tank. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I pick up a stick and start to dig. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, there was an abandoned den there. Fox, maybe? Didn’t seem like it had been used in a while. But since it was near those willows, and sometimes I’ve seen screechers digging around their roots...” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I was just digging up some worms,” Dallas protested. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Right now her sister, Angeline, was digging at the ground near spruce trees and cutting lengths of the roots, used to secure the house better and to finish baskets. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were mostly slaves, sent by their masters to dig trenches and build walls. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Or they idle along 72nd Street to watch men dig holes in the ground for a new building. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sink to the floor, my gun digging into my leg. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I don't like that Gale took a dig at Madge, but he's right, of course. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Unable to dig its way in, apparently the draccus had breathed fire down into the narrow passage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I scramble around, digging through chunks of tile slick with blood, shuddering when I encounter bits of warm flesh. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We’ll have our own hogs, fish to catch, and oysters to dig. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He knew he had to dig very carefully. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

That happened all the time, until our adult caretakers showed us how to dig our latrines downstream from camp. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men had to sit awkwardly on crates and packing cases in order to dig their oars into the water at the proper angle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A smile breaks across his face, but it looks like he had to dig deep to pull it up. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tears spring to my eyes at the sharpness of the slap, and I dig my nails into my thigh to keep from running. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She opens it and digs out her billfold. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was definitely tired, like I had been carrying him on my back for miles, and all he ever did was dig his heels into my ribs like a jockey on a horse. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We kept digging, but we weren’t getting anywhere. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Dad would be so proud he’d forget all about how tired he was from the long drive back and forth to Washington and the digging and hauling all day. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

That s where you have to dig, the old man said, but he explained that this was not the system he used for digging wells around Tres Marias, because he needed no stick. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi walked to his bag, and digging behind the paperbacks he’d brought with him, he reached to the thing he’d packed at the last minute, without really letting himself think about it—his sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then he turned to Zero, who had been quietly digging in his hole since Stanley's return. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

After a while, the baboons fanned out and began digging earnestly in the soil. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, a team of gunters tried to dig a tunnel under the dome wall, and that was when it was discovered that the shield was actually a complete sphere surrounding the castle, above- and belowground. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I locked my arms around him, digging my head into his chest. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

"When I was little I'd watch my parents dig holes, every weekend and holiday. When I got bigger, I had to dig, too. Even on Christmas." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She went straight to the desk to dig a record book out of the drawer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pawed through a pile of yellowed drawers like a dog digging for a bone, throwing the drawers up behind him in an arc. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s pretending not to feel the sunflower seeds and hear the digs and see the looks, but he does. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She gets out, goes around to his side, unlocks his seat belt, and tries to pull him out the car, but he digs his feet into the seat. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When they were done digging, we tied them and stabbed their legs with bayonets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I end up in Simon's passenger seat, with Nora in the back, digging through her backpack. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The fact that not everyone is willing to dig deep enough to find that core is hardly evidence that it doesn’t exist. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for the next hold, digging in. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The truck stopped near where they were digging, and the boys lined up behind it, X-Ray in front, Zero at the rear. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

We were always digging up more trash—bolts and screws and pieces of brick. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Virtual Mateo lands right as I do, my feet digging into the mat. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The pile of laundry already in the basket is pretty big, but I dig around in the leftover clothes until I find Aurora’s pink sparkly leggings that desperately need to be washed. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’ve been sitting here for an hour with roots and rocks digging into my knees. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” he says, suddenly moving around, digging here and there. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I can hear Dad in our room digging through his tool bag and moving parts around as he gets ready to put together our new bunk bed. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She digs into her pocket and pulls out a wad of bills. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We don’t go far from the fort to dig the graves. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I hunted around in the shed behind the inn and found a sort of mattock, and went down toward the stream to try and dig some worms for bait. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

"I'll give you my cookie if you let me dig your hole," said Zigzag. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He didn't dig a hole that first day, and he hadn't dug one yet today. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She had me dig a hole for it and put it in the ground and pat the dirt around it tight, like it was a baby and I was tucking it into bed. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“When they need to make room for new customers, they dig up the old ones and stick them down here.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

To keep from thinking about what happened back at the Bureau, I dig around in my bag for the spell book. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I yell, “No, ” and hug my dad harder, dig my face right into his chest. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

"He sure is a nice guy to let Zero dig his hole for him," said Squid. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He twisted his foot as if he was digging in the sand. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have dreams that night that the cannibals find his body, dig him up, and eat him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“We keep it right here. It took four miners just to dig it out.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dismounted, along a ridge, with all night to dig in, the boys could hold for a while. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way his left eyebrow digs lower than the right. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that the dig has produced something exciting, the publicity is going to start pouring out of here. It’s happening just the way I pictured it.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But people live also in the realm of the affective and aesthetic—that's why they bury bodies and sometimes dig them up and pour love potions on them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Though it looked like an open invitation to tuberculosis, living with friends was infinitely preferable to any other digs I might find at this late moment. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

‘I feel much better, but I don’t think I could sing. Perhaps Sam could dig something out of his memory.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mitraillette says they thought I was going to try to dig his eyes out with my fingers. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I pick up a stick, start digging with it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A streak of slime smeared across his lip as he swiped and pinched and dug just enough for it to count as a dig, but not enough for it to count as diggin'. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I dig around inside myself, trying to register anger, hatred, longing. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Go out there and dig a hole and bury that kitten!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tears started before he could stop them, his hands digging into the photos and turning them faceup. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But time wore on, and as the dirt mingled with the sweat on my body, I felt strangely comforted by the chunk, chunk, chunk of the hoe digging into the ground. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It walked slowly, its huge body digging an irregular rut into the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a Look that says here we go, she's about to dig her heels in. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She digs around in the desk drawer, shoves something in her pocket, and dumps the drawer on the floor. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

As he watched, a crayfish, looking like a tiny lobster, left one of the empty clam shells and went to another looking for something to eat, digging with its claws. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face when he’d said Don’t dig yourself in deeper on account of me. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I sure will. Want me to dig into it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“In just a thirty-second discussion, look how easy it is to jump to anger and assumptions. Now let’s take our time and dig a little deeper.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I whisper, “You and me, baby. We’ve got to be free. I dig that.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cut one line, then another, and then another, then went back over the same lines with the back of my heel, digging a groove all the way down into the dead grass. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It helped, too, that Zero was digging some of Stanley's hole for him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

At least now he knew just how much he had to dig for the day. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“What do you think you're doing, Panchito?” he whispered, placing his left hand on my left shoulder and digging in his fingers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I dig my feet into the muck at the bottom to keep from being swept away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

From this place, we are invisible but have a clear view of the valley, which is teeming with summer life, greens to gather, roots to dig, fish iridescent in the sunlight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I dig into my pocket and hand Jane my car keys. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The bones were from digs he had done throughout the American West. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Leo could dig the chariot and the two white horses. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Jesus and Magdalena edge close to the tracks, dig in their heels, and brace each other, so the wind the train produces will not suck them under the wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He stared at her as if she were a thief digging for secrets. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The Long Knives are digging holes, piling saddles and boxes, anything they can,” the young man reported. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mom startled at the sound of my voice, looking down at where her nails were digging into the soft skin of my upper arm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He scraped the ground with his boot heel, to mark where each boy was supposed to dig. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then I’d put on my white gloves, take the hand shovel from my kit, and dig extremely gently. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I revved up my laptops and started digging, not even close to knowing just how deep into darkness I would have to go to find out who burned Nicole Castro. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

These days they're digging through that rubble to hunt for traces of their comrades. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Irmgard whispered harshly in his ear; she had grabbed him by the shoulder, her nails digging into him with frantic intensity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once again Frightful almost sent me through the crown of the forest by digging her talons into my shoulder. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started pulling fruit from a sack, digging through the rest of the food. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She liked it a lot more when I was digging the bomb shelter in the sun. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow I'll stay here, resting, camouflaging my backpack with mud, catching some of those little fish I saw as I sipped, digging up the roots of the pond lilies to make a nice meal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re telling me,” I say, digging my fingers into the cold sand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Tentatively, my teeth crack the shells and dig into the soft, oily meat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me stories about riding her bike miles in the snow just to dig up turnips and about the time that Anne convinced her to spend a night in the attic. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Loomis got his two oldest sons to go dig the grave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I set it gently under the apple tree in the backyard and began to dig. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The drifts grew so deep that they covered the entrance to the caves, leaving a white wall that Summer had to dig through whenever he went outside to join his pack and hunt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The question is, Who are we digging for?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Born to a typical dwarf cavern-dwelling family, Mulch had decided early that mining was not for him, and resolved to put his talents to another use, namely digging and entering, generally entering Mud People’s property. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

‘This is a great improvement on the marshes of Kelfazin. I see all your does are busy digging holes along the bank. Have they dug a hole for you?’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley jammed the shovel into the bottom edge of his hole, and carefully began to dig a tunnel underneath the metal object. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She pictured her grandmother with a shovel, digging up a pirate’s chest full of gold. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The tide is out, almost to the inner islands, and a lone man is digging clams. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be a long walk to gather saplings and a hard chore to dig the mud by the riverbank. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes shut, digging the heels of my palms against my forehead. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Panic digs its broken fingernails into my soul. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Taking a cue from Kari’s book, McCandless started to dig and eat wild potato roots on June 24, apparently without ill effect. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snapshots of Mr. Hale sitting on the corner of his desk, someone bending in her chair to dig out another pen from her book bag on the floor. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And so will all his brothers and sisters. I dare say the place’ll be crawling. Why don’t you ask them to dig us a burrow or two, Hazel?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every earth-digger and mechanical contrivance in the country had been mobilized to dig the colossal hole in which the nine giants were to be permanently imprisoned. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Marly—this is the first place we women have to start to dig.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’d put his hand on my shoulder, to gently move me aside and started digging in the linen cabinet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She remains, watching Jews and Germans digging together. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Once again, in the Dialogue, Galileo raised the debate about sunspots, and once again he could not resist a few digs at Scheiner, which infuriated the old Jesuit and his colleagues. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were shut tight and her small feet were digging and clawing at the body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remnants of the window scraped my sides, ripping my clothes and digging into my skin. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And the shovels I have are made for taking samples, not heavy digging. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the first two aside and dig through the box to find her other postcards. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tried not to think of the stories he had heard lately of mass killings; of men, women, and children being forced to dig their own graves and then being shot and thrown into them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The camera digs into my hip, and he holds me tighter. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The mud seemed to flow back faster than they could dig, but Kiowa was their friend and they kept at it anyway. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls my gift closer and digs inside the bag for the card. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he figured that he had out nearly a hundred feet of rope, plus the chain, and that the anchor was properly digging into the bottom. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept digging until they uncovered each girl. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I dig my fingers into my thighs, biding my time so I can see what kind of foolishness this professor is playing at. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But there had been no way to get away from the digging, no chance for a trip to Tyler to get the train tickets. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning they went about their lives as usual, feeding Kehaar and themselves, playing and digging. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They continued to dig until late afternoon, long after all the other groups had finished for the day. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Marshall had stopped digging, and now he stood up and started towards the opening in the fence. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dig my phone out of my pocket. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The frustrated Stirling asked the workers to expose the back of the slab by digging beneath it and levering up the stone with poles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

On some vacant land nearby, he could while away long summer days by digging elaborate underground tunnels—cool, dark, subterranean retreats from Spokane’s sometimes searing dry heat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I have just had a thought,” Mr. Kellerman says as he starts digging in his pocket. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Kufa and one of his brothers set out at first light to dig the grave. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theresa claps her hands, then digs in her pocket for a card folded in fours. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

These women spent their days in the steady labors of planting, digging, and pounding manioc, though the dreamy way they moved through that work made it seem entirely separate from any end product. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent most mornings digging potatoes and carrying them back to the barn to store in the feed bins while Piper went off searching for natural morsels like watercress and sweet chestnuts and honey. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge gathered her sleeping bag around her shoulders, digging her chin into the softness of it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

We then went for a walk to look over possible digs for the coming year. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When it filled up, some brave soul would carry it outside, dig a hole, and empty it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As long as they did as they were told, they wouldn't have to dig any more holes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"That's the last hole I will ever dig," he declared, throwing down the shovel. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I bury Valerian near the stables, but outside the paddock, so that even the most carnivorous of Madoc’s sharp-toothed horses are unlikely to dig him up and gnaw on his bones. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hel grabs my shoulder, her slim fingers digging into me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I say after a while as I return to digging. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s times like this when someone is talking to you like you are a grown-up that you have to be careful not to pick your nose or dig your drawers out of your butt. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teenie went back to digging for roots and plucking tomatoes then, not willing to discuss it any further. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were digging in a small clearing, surrounded by woods. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She grabs hold of my arms, her fingernails digging into my flesh. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dig through the cabinet again for more files. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We could only dig about eight to ten inches deep with our crude tools. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forks continue clinking on the table; Becky keeps on digging her fork in her boiled potato. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the cops had his nightstick out and was digging around in Charlie's box. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Halfway up the hill Jody could see Doubletree Mutt, the black dog, digging in a squirrel hole. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like I am digging through my own mind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Finding nothing, he made his way over to the bookcase and attempted to dig a hole through the carpet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It had already started to dig into his shoulders, in a thin, hard line. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I drop the sledgehammer next to the dented bowl and kneel beside Edward, Abnegation stones digging into my kneecaps. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I could be upset about anything at all, but digging through the garden, I found peace.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He is a weird old coot, but most of the kids dig him because he doesn’t ask too much of us. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before he turns on his PlayStation, Sneaky goes to his closet, digs around, and comes back with a bag of Doritos. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

His fingernails dig into my skin, and I grit my teeth, both from the pain and from the sickening feeling of his chest on my back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

During the morning the digging proceeded in a light-hearted and intermittent way. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They got to work digging trenches that might slow down the German tanks. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At the camps, the children attended classes and did fieldwork such as picking berries and digging turnips and potatoes. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He led the digging while Hazel explained to the bird, as well as he could, how they lived, their ways of protecting themselves from their enemies and the kind of shelter they could provide. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above and under ground, the rabbits fell naturally into a quiet, undisturbed rhythm of feeding, digging and sleeping. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a person like himself was just out digging on a hillside and happened to find something, it was his, right? Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop called out, now using the other end of the stem to dig under his fingernails. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I really dig Mr. Crosby; he’s pretty laid-back except when he starts talking about what he calls “government pork,” and then he gets all wild and upset. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dig, nag, dig, nag, goes Ma, and then BOOM! You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boys helped build the coffins and dig the graves. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs and dig the yellow shirt out of my dresser, switching on my iPod out of habit. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Man, this is a swinging town if you dig it,” Shorty said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma starts digging in her purse again, and I hear a few curse words come out of her mouth. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Theoretical physicists were the explorers of their day, using imagination and mind-bending math to dig deeper and deeper into the surprising inner workings of atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not mad at you, honey,” Natalie says, digging her chin into her collarbone. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the ground here on the ridge is soft enough to dig a grave....” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I watch as he digs in his pocket for his phone and checks the message. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She kept digging, scooping out handfuls of clay until the hole was as deep as her arm was long. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get her first few poems, but I dig this one. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked out a hole that the retreating ripples left bubbling, straddled it, and set to digging with his hands. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Thlayli! Shall we mate with whom we choose and dig our own burrows and bear our litters alive?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip the dress over my head and hand her the towel from around my waist before digging my keys out of my purse. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But then, feeling the fingernails of their wives, also staring, digging into their arms, their foreheads wrinkle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I draw the long teeth through the sand, pull up a bunch of things, and dig through what I’ve got. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“That isn’t the answer I’m looking for. You’d get naught for that in an essay,” and I dig the gun in a little harder. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"You won't be twitching so much after digging all day," Mr. Sir told him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

On the morning of day seven, he’s digging in the back of his closet when he stumbles upon a bundle of teal silk—the stupid kimono Pez had made for him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I dig the bones out of the trash and bring them to art class. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

A man in a khaki uniform digs in a storage closet. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

His digging hands were strong and the fur on his back was glossy brown and the fawn-colored fur on his chest was incredibly soft and rich. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been decreed that here was where the digging for bodies was to begin. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the does stopped digging, Woundwort himself went on with their work while they slept. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied off one pack and began to dig through another. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The waffles tasted great, but I guess I wasn’t digging in like I usually did. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later—after we had arrived at Granny’s—I was playing alone in a wild field, digging in the ground with an old knife. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see if we can dig out your sleeping bag,” he said, and I was jubilant. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Fela slowly introduced me to the inner workings of the Archives and I spent what time I could spare skulking about, trying to dig up answers to my thousand questions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It was fun,” I said, digging my hands in my pockets. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as things are better, Minerva says we can dig up our treasure box. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion twisted until he could feel the links digging into die flesh of the man's fat neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Stanley felt tiny claws dig into the side of his face as the lizard pulled itself off his neck and up past his chin. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then everybody got snowed in when they stopped to refuel—they had to dig the planes out and drain their radiators before they set off again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She digs a couple of books out of her backpack and hands them to me so I can have a pillow, too. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Zane shouted, digging into the suitcase to pull her out by her scruff. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

If she didn’t keep her feet digging forward her crushed-down shoes would fly off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s one awful day to be digging clams,” called Mr. Eason. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He wished he could dig a hole so deep, he’d find a lost city. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just perfect! Now, see here, Spiker. Why don’t we go and get us a shovel right away and dig out a great big hunk of it for you and me to eat?” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’ll guide you, Cousins, straight and true,” said Hand Clap, “for there’s nothing I can’t do. I can dig up a mountain, drink up a lake, outrun the wind....” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun hurts my eyes so I dig out my sunglasses, but when I put them on they do something funny to my vision, so I just stuff them back in my pack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The chest lay deep from the washing of the waves and I did not try to dig it out, but only so I could raise the lid. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chin propped on a woven knot of fingers, elbows digging into her knees, she stared at the spread of magazines on the coffee table. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Clenching my jaw, I dig my hands under Glimmer's body, get a hold on what must be her rib cage, and force her onto her stomach. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They rolled, teeth clipping at tender ears, hind claws digging for purchase in soft belly fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The rats had finished digging the new hole, and all twenty of them were working near the house. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Hell, it’s a Jim Crow army. All they want a black man for is to dig ditches. And in the navy, all I can do is wash dishes and scrub floors.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Rowdy grabbed a shovel that somebody had been using to dig barbecue holes and went after that van. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would soften the frozen crust of earth and make it easier for him to dig a grave for Sounder—if he found Sounder. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, we dig roots, we gather berries and greens, we devise a strategy in hushed voices. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then I went outside and with my new birthday shovel I got back to digging the bomb shelter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re just in time. I heard a noise, and came out and found these—creatures—trying to dig up your house.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

As he tried to pull himself up, using just his arms, he felt a claw dig into his ankle. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I did. I do. That’s why I hate this—his whole life gone—all gone. And his grave—they might even dig him up and throw him out.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We prowl around among the trees, looking for bones, for hummocks in the earth that could mark diggings, the outlines of buildings, turning over logs and rocks to see what’s underneath them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I jerk her up, digging my fingers into her armpit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He digs inside it for a few seconds, then picks up a small, round disc. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It just goes to show how useless you are.You’d be better off digging fields and anyway I don’t care. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They had the oxen yoked to a sled, which was already half loaded with stones, and were digging away at more stones buried in a newly cleared field. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The heroism and glamour might be there somewhere, but you had to dig and scrape and scrabble through the dirt, pain, and misery to find it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It had taken her all day to dig the other one. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Fabio, judges, I spent my day digging for grubs in the most disgusting mud you can possibly imagine. Then I helped build a desalination still. Oh, and my shoes are by Cheri of Paris.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

If thirty minutes go by, start digging in with your spoon so you can get the hell out of there. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Nergal digs out the plump heart of a freshly killed young man and begins to chew it, letting the blood dribble down his chin. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

If the prisoner protested, the knee would dig deeper into his back. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

All along you know this, but still, in the middle of the show when he’s tied up and a bomb is about to explode, you hold your breath and dig your fingernails into your palms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You get to find your own way to dig out a heart and shake it off and hold it up to the light again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a speculative novel where the main character is an archaeologist digging for bronzes who is then transported to an idyllic past? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t have words to describe what I felt that day, but now, sitting on the train, I am furious, nails digging into my palms, tears stinging my eyes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilbur had planned to go out, this day, and dig a new hole in his yard. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Cathy had always been able to shovel into the mind of any man and dig up his impulses and his desires. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My dad takes a deep breath and digs in deep. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"I'm going to try to dig a hole underneath it," he said. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I spent a week with a pickaxe and shovel digging postholes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Thirty or forty feet from the last palm tree, I began to dig a grave for Timothy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come to think of it, I’ve even seen them digging through trash bins in the village.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They were all digging deep in their pockets for something, their bodies turned in a way that blocked most of Mark’s view. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And when they weren’t lobbing shells, the Vietcong were digging tunnels that they could use to put explosives beneath the marines. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Their oldest son, Logan, round and berry-brown from a day in the sun, is digging a hole nearby, while the newest addition, Luke, lies on a quilt wearing a swim diaper. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my head, fingers digging into my skin, and the doctor, thinking to be kind, put his hand on my shoulder. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if you’re a West Indian and like to eat stuff that burns your mouth out it’s okay, but I don’t dig it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to convince folk would only make them a laughingstock, like Crazy Martin, who had been trying to dig a well inside his own house for years now. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Watch him dig in with his front foot. Coach Rockford and I had him make that adjustment.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I was eager to keep her in the house after I had spent days digging by myself. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I picked up the pants with two fingers and looked about for something to dig a hole with. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not saying I’m going to dig through the trash. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It took the best part of the morning to dig out the bodies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She digs a hole for the corn under the fire and spreads the fire over the makeshift stove. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I like to dig holes, too. Can I dig for you, Caveman, after Zero's finished?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted you to dig your fingernails into my skin and drain out all my blood. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

"You have to dig it up. It's covering up my dirt." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He quickly found several and set to digging. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The margins of the Greek world continued to remain dark, narrow, and filled with sea monsters, giant gold- digging ants, and men with faces in the middle of their chests. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I dig my feet into the corner of the floor and grab the armrest in order to keep stable. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

On the beach Gogol collects rocks, digs tunnels in the sand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They have the force of character to inspire exhausted rowers to dig deeper and try harder, even when all seems lost. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The remaining family members gathered around to dig into it with their forks. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only by digging my fingers into his ribs that I’m able to make Otto let go. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I dig my fingernails into my palms as my face comes up, expecting the worst. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I search through fillers like a prospector digging for gold,” she said. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The sound of claws digging into stone wiped the grin off his face. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The former was habit, the latter was used to tell time when he could not move his fingers enough to dig in his watchpocket. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Hoping to speed up matters, he hired a dozen Chamisaville Pueblo Indians to help with the digging. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And once again, digging graves is part of my regular chores. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I dig in the deepest recesses of my mind for a memory of her touch. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“And, lastly, I must have a hole through this cliff, and here is a needle to dig it.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches into my bag, digs around, and finds the card that almost led to tragedy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

You were standing at the beach, squinting out at the water with your bathing suit strap digging into your freckled shoulder. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He opened cabinets and flung their contents left and right like a dog digging for a bone. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"Doesn't that build character more than digging holes?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He had to dig his toes into the crack between the wall and the bookshelf to keep his balance. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She dropped her eyes and began digging a little hole in the dirt with the tip of her boot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"I guess not," Stanley mumbled, although he knew they weren't digging just to learn a lesson. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Hate It I don’t make it inside the house, but sit under the willow tree, dig a hole and into it scream scream scream I hate everyone!!!! Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

What had led her grandmother to dig up this court? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Right here”—he pointed—“it says they want everyone guaranteed a place to live, no matter what. I dig that." The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

After digging out three smoldering logs, he carried them into a nearby larch forest, scraped away the snow from the ground, found some kindling, and managed to start a campfire. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

So I told him the mission: When they were digging the king’s new wading pool, they found some old, buried goblin treasure—a giant gemstone carved with some kind of a story on it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He could go outside and dig his fingers into the springy ground and understand anything about himself. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Gwin was trying to climb on to Farid’s head, and the boy was laughing as if there was nothing better than to have a marten's sharp claws digging into his scalp. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Would’e build a house wit barrow stones? Would yeh dig something out o’ a barrow an’ give it to your daughter as a wedding present?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Out back, my grandfather pulls weeds from his garden, digs softly into the rich earth to add new melon seeds. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

But when we got to the top, the fire was so intense that all we could do was dig in along with the rest of the men in our first wave. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Benedict Mady, you a fine doctor. How come I get them miseries sometime in the small of my back after I been digging and planting for a good while? How come that misery bother me?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now the children were set to cutting grass and digging flower beds. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get yom> hopes up too high. This isn’t a storybook or a history book, either. It’s dull, very dull. I warn you that you’ll have to dig to get anything out of it.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I realize she’s not going to, I dig through her wallet on the dresser, take out a five-dollar bill, and slam the door. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He might be Baron Samedi, guardian of the cemetery, but he is digging his own grave, and all I have to do is push him in. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Grace nodded, digging around under her shirt until she found the necklace, then pulled it out. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

All down the line, in front of him, the men were digging, piling rocks. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had feared that her sharp, stubborn mind, caught in her self-made antihelical trap, might dig up irrelevant results that would foster uncertainty about the correctness of the double helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I dig through the little pile of goodies inside the bundle, then hold up a used pair of goggles. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The six boys struggled and flopped around, digging elbows and knees into Anya. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I pull a few bills from my wallet, dig some coins out of my pocket, and place my money on the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Down, down it came, and then, folding its fingered webs, it gave a croaking cry, and settled upon the body of Snowmane, digging in its claws, stooping its long naked neck. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I have a Wonka hat,” he says digging into his backpack. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The boy began to dig into the dune. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hired a private investigator to dig into their personal lives. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the time I could see again, the Amagqirha had rolled up the sleeve on her left arm and was digging around inside the chest, its lid now propped open. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Well, I’ll tell you, for the last ten or twenty years, instead of digging, I been buying my bait at a fishing store. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing the original function of the song is an additional way of digging deeper into the culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And I explained that I was fine, just trying to be careful, just trying to be cautious with my knee, and also my fingers were cold, so that was enough clam digging for me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the boys continued to dig later and later. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Once I finished digging the bomb shelter I would probably be buried in it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My mother, trying to cut the tension, began digging in her church bag, which was way bigger than her normal bag. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“What’ve you got? Is that gin? Where did you dig that up?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After hours of waiting, someone was able to dig up a copy of my birth certificate, and they told Mr. Kamara to come back for the passport in four days. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She tried to dig her fingers in, but I was still a champion son. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Upon hearing the word food, all the ashen-faced men, women and children digging about me started inching toward where I was digging, their faces lit with expectation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” he said, digging his bottle into the sand so it would stand upright. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

If I could only send her to buy groceries or something, because I intended to say as little as possible to avoid digging myself a hole. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mom hurried out to the yard and started digging holes by the light of the moon, looking for our jar of cash. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I dig out more space in her nostrils. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I could cut off the balloons, but I'd have to dig to get to them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wintergreen accepted his role of digging and filling up holes with all the uncomplaining dedication of a true patriot. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When my mother wasn’t digging around in her briefcase, that's where she usually kept it—on the entry hall table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In the distance, Dallas and Florida were digging along the creek bank. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then she goes in the backyard, starts clipping the rosebushes and digging the tulip bulbs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“My back’s so sore from digging in Miss Sadie’s dry dirt I could spit. Except my mouths too parched.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

If I looked at him any longer, I was going to start crying, so I pushed myself up and crawled over him to dig my school uniform out of the mess on the floor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

"If you can't get them to work any faster," she told Mr. Sir, "then you're going to have to climb down there and dig with them." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He tapped it with his great digging claws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Please, Chiron’s under there. If anyone can dig him out, you can. Find him! Help him!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Only then would you and your band dare approach the carcass, look cautiously left and right—and dig into the edible tissue that remained. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d had to dig out the plastic drop sheets, spotted with glossy white dots of kitchen paint. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He would dig up the poppy fields and put in normal crops. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at a big red lobster on my plate, trying to figure out how to dig into it to get to the meat. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Why teach someone Latin when his only purpose is to dig holes in the ground? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Whoever thought digging up a random orange root—then eating it—was a good idea? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We dig up the ground and plant the seed wheat we brought with us from England. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maya asked her, digging out the cutting board from a kitchen cabinet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say nothing, just got up to leave and go back to digging. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the meeting when the cuts were announced, a mother of a Truman student asked if the cuts wouldn’t just dig the community into a deeper hole. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

After De Soto’s army left the Caddo stopped erecting community centers and began digging community cemeteries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was during a pause in this work that Speedwell reported that the digging above the north end had stopped. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One said, “Have to bury her, have to dig a hole and put her in it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“When the atomic war comes we’ll all die and when UFO people arrive they’ll dig us up and study our culture.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The efforts to dig a channel for Might had failed, even when it was turned to the spirit and now he was feeling his way towards abolishing it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Beaver asked Roz to dig a trench here, to place large stones there, to arrange logs this way, to smear mud that way. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Armpit was the second one to finish digging. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He rode back and forth along the line, watched Devin’s men digging in, heard bullets clip leaves above him as snipers crawled closer. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra was just some kid from around the way; why was a Columbia librarian wasting so much time to dig up papers on some vanished anthropologist for her? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“No, I can’t,” I stammered, pushing away a memory of raw fingers digging in the mud and the smell of burning hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What was he digging for?” he repeated thoughtfully. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

In a matter of moments all the shoes were dispersed, and Loo began to dig in the sand with his hands. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then they placed it down and pulled their shirts off and started to dig a shallow hole in the ground. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I dig into my lunch bag and pull out a plastic container that I don’t remember packing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He liked digging through the bins of used bookstores to buy sci-fi and classic literature; he liked books, holding them and turning their pages. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see Heather dig her nails into her palms under the table. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pet rested a hand on her knee, the gold claws digging slightly through her sheets. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Which will do nothing to stop a thousand fools from digging up the rest of the island once they hear what he was after,” Miss Maggie said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I free here. I free now,” Amari replied, digging her toe into the dirt. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she had been digging out some old rags of Conchetta’s, but I hadn’t expected this. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He drew her into the shad-ows, out of sight, his fingers digging into her skin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Confederates dig in immediately, knowing that more fighting is imminent. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eric took his forearm off my chest but kept hold of a shoulder, digging his fingers deep into the muscle while slapping my other shoulder like we were pals. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Someone digging through the records found an album of Count Basie and the great phonograph roared out. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Mr. Lemoncello himself. It took some digging, but I found his email address on his game company’s website.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I feel like I have a big shovel in my hand and am just digging myself into a deeper and deeper hole. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

By way of answer Viola digs ’em outta her bag and holds ’em up to her own eyes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember digging a foxhole, but I found myself inside one, my shovel stuck in the moist dark sand and tree roots at the bottom of the four-foot-deep hole. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I catch his arm and dig my feet into the carpet to keep him from moving, but he ends up pulling me with him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He tapped at the stone with his shovel, debating whether to move the stone and dig underneath. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

At last, he stopped at a secluded spot and began to dig a little grave. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right then, I was too hungry to go back to digging. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in the process of digging a trench along the side yard of a house that belonged to the mayor of Austin, a woman with the unusual name of Cherry Lane. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But when Emma reached the kitchen, she found Finn already sitting at the table, digging French toast slices out of the dish where Mom had been keeping them warm. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I feel the centrifugal force pulling me toward the water and dig my hands and feet into the sand, trying to get some purchase on the unstable ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Robots didn’t have fleas or dig up flower beds, except when their circuits were old. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She digs with a pointed shovel; sometimes we help her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes would grow too dim to find water and her fingers too weak to dig for yams. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would start to eat them, and if he ate them, he got full and wouldn’t dig anymore, so I took them away from him until he found me all I wanted. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my head against the rock, digging it deeper into the cut on my scalp, clutching the pain, using it to drag me out of the fog. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s hard work, but I lose myself in the simple rhythm of digging a hole and planting a seed on repeat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Without a word Dad sits down on the ledge we’ve been digging. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

How he hadn’t been the least bit cowed by the rude remarks or digs of the night. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was intimately familiar with what it felt like to have a barrel of a gun dig into my skin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And she could dig for roots in the forest, even run down some rabbits. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Soft dirt meant easier digging—at least, it did if you had screecher claws. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The Efrafans would either have to get it out or dig round it and this would mean more delay. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I’m digging around inside, I remember Charlie playing with my cards last night. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The way to play it, Nixon instructed, was to hire someone to dig up dirt on Ellsberg, and leak it to the press. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Every time Rachel leaned over to dig in her purse she kept one hand on the chest of her linen jacket and it still made a small clinking noise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked deeper into the neighborhood, avoiding the puddles of dirty water that overflowed from the gutters and dodging the piles of garbage in which cats were digging like silent shadows. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother liked to look at the ducks and plan how she would dig a pond for them near the sweet potato field and arrange straw for their eggs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fernanda feared that he was as crazy as his twin brother when she saw him taking the measurements, and even more when he told the digging crew to make the ditches three feet deeper. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The houses were built on concrete slabs, so no digging was required. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It belonged to Master Clovell, whose grave I just helped to dig. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

We do see vestigial signs of automobiles in our village, but they resemble the signs of life you would dig up in a graveyard if you were inclined to that pastime. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Foremole stood watching as two of his team started the dig. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Before I started digging I fed the turkeys, made sure War Chief had water, then picked up my shovel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Little Ann had opened the hole up enough with her digging so his voice could be heard faintly. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What you be dig for? Worm grub?” she demanded. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He added, “To have a chance to save a zillion of them, I dig that.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I’d started digging through the mail when someone came up from behind and startled the frijoles out of me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Did I ever wear bat-wing sleeves and velveteen slippers, did I wear dresses like tinted marshmallows to formal dances, shuffle around the floor with some stranger’s groin digging into mine? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Then, if it’s a tree it w ants to be planted. We must dig a hole.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I dig into my pocket for the telephone numbers so important to me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Also my tops were getting tight across my chest, digging into my armpits. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded before digging into my bowl of buttered grits. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She tried to dig her toes into the ground, but they slid and she fell again and righted herself again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“So, about my sketchbook,” I prompt when we’re digging in to our food. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Probably no more than what we know from digging up King Tut.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A bit more digging, and what emerges from the hole are two silver candlesticks, wrapped in a disintegrating pillowcase. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth’s grandmother gives me a warm hug, her necklace digging into my neck. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It had taken me and the boys all day just to dig out a little place for our blockhouse at Cape Coalwood. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I set my phone down and dig around for my sketchpad and pencils instead. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Cora’s last day in the field she furiously hacked into the earth as if digging a tunnel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She digs the dude, and so do we. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I was out digging again. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

We chatted about bats while we watched Aretha dig another hole. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“While I was in the graveyard, watching the sextons dig your grave, Hamlet appeared. Indeed, I was greatly surprised.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We started digging in like we hadn't eaten for a week. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was always a chance that our work would be to dig graves in the woods—and then be shot to fill them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He kept digging into their lives, getting more and more desperate, until the front door opened and Scythe Faraday returned. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

On my other side, Hammie digs a fork into her food. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On Saturday evening, May 7, 1892, McElroy loaded a special train with pipes, picks, shovels, and three hundred men and set off for Waukesha to dig his pipeline under cover of darkness. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He writes a note to the librarian to say his legs are killing him from digging holes for the Electricity Supply Board and from now on Frank McCourt will be getting his books. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

My hand digs into my pocket and pulls out Day’s pendant. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Ambrose looked up at me, frozen halfway through the act of digging coins out of his purse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This is only my school while the dig goes on. The minute my mom runs out of dinosaur bones to catalog, I’m history.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As we dig, we look warily around, hoping there are no Indians to shoot at us today. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He legs ached every so often, and the chain had started to dig into his waist. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And where was Mace to help with the digging? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Both Hyzenthlay and Thethuthinnang told Hazel that they had had no idea how much of their frustration and unhappiness in Efrafa had been due simply to not being allowed to dig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the last thing he wanted to do after digging all day was to dig at night, too. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Dad finally got a job in the gypsum mine, digging out the white rocks that were ground into the powder used in drywall and plaster of paris. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And if the one don’t get you, t’other one will. They say they want to get you to show them where you got the brooch, and then dig up the grave and take the treasure.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

They would live here in wooden summer houses until February 1943; the airfield itself was just two wooden huts and some dugouts that the women had to dig themselves. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was as if every once in a while, in a fit of frustration, the Warden would just pick a spot at random, and say, "What the hell, dig here." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Her fingers tightened into fists, her nails digging into her palms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I thought about that my second time in a limousine, when the renter and I were on our way to dig up Dad’s empty coffin. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We took turns digging a path out the front door to make our way to the bakery for rations. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Liyana nodded at her and went off to find her mother, who was in the bedroom digging through a box. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, Teen Dreamers — start digging for worms. It’s what’s for lunch.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I take it to the counter, dig in the little purse Mom got me last Christmas, and pull out my wallet. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The policyholder, usually an illiterate black woman, would dig up her policy from the bottom of a trunk or a chest and hand it to the superintendent. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no time to do anything but dig our faces into the slack. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They bristled from the side of the dig in a profusion that reminded me of the Beni mounds, hundreds of miles upstream. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some of its most ardent partisans, Haynes among them, publicly conceded that an archaeological dig in southern Chile had turned up compelling evidence of human habitation more than twelve thousand years ago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He puts on his mask, his face going still as it digs into him, and then pulls me to my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her brother was on his knees, hi? fingers digging under the leather coils, crying incoherently, struggling for breath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’ll show me how to dig my chin into my shoulder the way he does and how to let go with a right uppercut that will send Laman flying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He just kept getting tangled in Alex’s legs and then veering off to sniff around benches and dig inside trash barrels. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He twists his body sideways and digs at something in his pocket. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For the rest of his life he will remember that cold, overcast spring, digging in the dirt, collecting rocks, discovering black and yellow salamanders beneath an overturned slab of slate. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the first week, he caught the captain watching him as he helped dig a trench under the roasting sun. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

She used to bury chicken bone leftovers in her sandbox for digging practice. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Unaccustomed to such strenuous labor, they would stop digging as they pleased, basking in the sun until they were trodden on by columns of marching rats. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

So we gave them shovels and demanded, at gunpoint, that they dig their own graves. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When they arrived at Stonehenge, the guard allowed him to dig as much as he wanted. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My breath catches again, and my nails dig into my palm. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I was pregnant with Zane at the time. Pretty far in. I can’t believe I spent all that time digging in the sun with a belly like that, but I was determined.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I made so many mistakes that I was forced to melt down the error-filled slugs and retype them with excruciating slowness, digging my teeth into my inner cheek until the letters became Yiddish once more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

No one has the courage to venture out any farther than is necessary to dig the graves for our dead. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She stood three steps from Lewis Powell as the soldier asked, “Do you know this man? And did you hire him to come and dig a gutter for you?” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trina kept digging, as tenderly as she could, for more information. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t. And if I’m the first to go, then I want you guys to dig in.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wagged his tail, and just to show off, he sat down on his rear and started digging at a flea with his hind leg. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I don’t need to dance with you or Jimmy. And as far as I’m concerned the whole thing is that you don’t dig my game. That’s not my problem.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

On Hazel’s shoulder, Gale barked angrily, digging her claws into Hazel’s collarbone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I stared out over my new digs: Six one-story buildings, each with sixteen dorm rooms, were arranged in a hexagram around a large circle of grass. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

My hands dig around in my closet until I find the insulated winter gear Cinna made for me for recreational use on the Victory Tour. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They dig up photos from the night in LA, analyze Twitter interactions. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was only one thing to do: as inconspicuously as possible, the four of us began digging in the area where the two smaller pieces of manuscript would be. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of fossils, that’s what Dad and I have in mind for you today. When’s the last time you went on a dig?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We dig our bare hands into the ground over and over again, each fistful of earth accompanied by a little cloud of dust. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Old Johnny Mercer had finished digging Myrtis Rogers’s grave and had set the green tarp over it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like gold. All we have to do is dig it up.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The nails on his little feet dig into my skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I had to dig deeper into that and find out what my father was hiding down there, but not yet. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Why are you looking for signs of digging?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

We picked up stones and loose bricks and tried hacking at the ice, but it was almost super- naturally hard—even Bronwyn could dig no more than a few inches into it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’d managed to find five of them by digging, with great effort, at the base of the blue willows Connor had told me about. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I put my head down, right down, on the roadside, grit and pebbles digging into my cheek. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

In old times, which were not so very long ago, I would have enjoyed—even been excited about—digging out a turtle nest. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once they were clear of the school, she stopped, ducking behind a giant brick mailbox to dig out her yellow notebook and a pencil. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Passenger pigeons were greedy eaters with terrible manners; if they found some food they liked just after finishing a meal, they would vomit what they had previously eaten and dig in. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The work went faster when she was able to persuade twenty-five Peruvian soldiers to help dig. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He came quickly, and in moments, the boat was digging its trench in the wet sand at their feet. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I see his fingers digging into the sand as he reassures himself that whatever nightmare he inhabited wasn’t real. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And that last little dig about being the director—as if Betsy were reminding her how important she was, as if to say I’m more important than you now. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I tried digging down to find that extra oomph. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Just enough time to do a little digging. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Doodle, get that shovel over yonder, hear, and hep me dig a hole.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve come to the conclusion that once you begin your search, you have to keep digging deeper and deeper into the past, which leads you to even more interesting discoveries. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Only by digging my fingernails into my arms could I make the other agonies relent. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The same morning the man set to work to dig out the doe and her growing litter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beat has only increased, but we place our hands on each other’s shoulders and waist; my fingers dig into him a little, the first time I’m getting to touch someone else like this. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

So Lee ordered his army to stay, dig trenches, and fight. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he scored lower than that, he’d dig his pencil into his arm, dragging it back and forth until he saw blood. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Her fingers dig and reach; the drops of rain touch the back of her neck, the backs of her hands. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a lot harder to dig in water than it was in a dry lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She started unzipping zippers and digging through pockets, pausing only to tell me how bad I looked and how she had something that would make me feel better. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I looked down into their sun-swept faces, digging for the words, and feeling a futility about it all and an anger. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hatsue, for her part, went on with her digging, saying nothing and keeping to the far side of the car, and throwing black earth beneath the tires. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pulled again, harder, the wheel digging into the crook of his arm. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you just need to dig for the sake of digging,” Bob reflects. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

As I’m digging through my bag, looking for my keys, I notice Millie Michalchuk waddling down the sidewalk and through the parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He started to dig himself out under cover of all the noise Xenophilius was making on the staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I fall backward onto the ground, the rucksack digging into my back and making me look like an upturned turtle. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Said she’d dig a hammer in they heads if they so much as looked at it.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

People like this couldn’t care less about digging into someone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They use their flippers first to dig the hole and then to scoop the sand back over it before returning to the sea. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

That night they feasted, although Rowan could not dig up an appetite, no matter how deep he mined. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He lets her dig through a box of fuses, another of switches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he set them to dig a great pit in the center of the town, fifteen feet wide and twenty feet deep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He digs around until he comes up with two sodas and two muffins, and then we move over to the kids’ area, which has beanbags and a worn blue rug. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He needed to dig deeper to understand where the lure of technology fit on this continuum. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

My grandfather digs around in his carton suspiciously. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Soon I was digging through piles of clothes and toys, checking all the nooks, crannies, and zippered compartments of Mama’s luggage. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jab his sternum with my index finger, digging in my fingernail. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

August watches me for a moment and then digs a package of Camels from his shirt pocket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I wish I’d left the stupid book where I’d found it because one sharp corner of the cover is digging into my underarm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And there was something digging into her ankle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I only survived because I was on a good assignment, like you—not hard labor hauling stones or digging ditches in the snow. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When we came to a dry riverbed, people would dig and dig and dig, looking for wet mud to suck on. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I’m digging at the bottom of my sundae dish with my long-handled spoon, my phone buzzes with a text. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A few trees surrounded it, their roots like gnarled hands digging into the rock floor for food. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Cora shooed off those children trampling her sprouts and yelled at them for digging up her yam slips, using the same tone she used at Jockey’s feasts to corral them into foot races and games. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Sitting and wishing never made man great. The good Lord sends the fishing, but we gotta dig the bait. I say we’ve got to force the hand of those administrators. They’re ignoring you.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have to dig very deep to uncover the good in this particular scenario. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Old Dan was trying to dig and gnaw his way into the log. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yo, don’t dig yourself in deeper on account of me. I can take care of myself.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dr. King thought the officials were digging their own grave. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It takes me a moment to realize that she is digging. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Much of the ground is untouched, but there are scars like giant claw marks, diggings, earthworks going on. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hands on the hood, my fingers digging into the metal almost as though I was going to lift the car and shake the answer out of it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene stared at me for a long second, then resumed his digging. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It motivated Mary to dig a little deeper into Wes’s new income flow. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The soup was barley bean, which I don’t dig that tough but it was hot and the restaurant was warm. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a woman digging up moss with her hands and using it as mortar between the rocks. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ofglen digs me in the side with her elbow, to call my attention, and I look up, slowly and stealthily. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gravel path burns and digs into the soles of my feet and breaks through the hard calluses. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when he applied for a job at Raincreek, Jack Dunlevy warned him the job would require a fair bit of digging. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t go near her, man. I just know she’d dig you.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It’s not like I haven’t idly thought about it—especially when depression digs in its nasty claws—but have I ever actually crossed the line and been suicidal? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I feel funny digging in as she watches. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s not time,” Taisin said, picking up her bowl to dig. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But if Turner happened to climb down the granite ledges to the muddy shore, and if Lizzie Bright happened to have come over in her dory to dig clams...well, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Jody, who was helping Doubletree Mutt, the big serious dog, to dig out a gopher, straightened up as the ranch-hand sauntered out of the barn. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still saw people sailing to and from Penikese from time to time, and I imagined them digging up what was left of the moors. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“A washwoman is the one thing I don’t need right now. If you had any manservants capable of ditch digging, I’d take you up on the offer, but ...” He paused and shook his head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t get some paying work done, my ma will tan my hide tonight. I’m supposed to be one county over digging ditches right now.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll keep a man out here until the university can hire its own security for the dig,” the sheriff promises. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I gripped the sides of the truck, fingers digging into metal, the giant in my chest growing larger until it seemed I would explode. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Nor did the girl come near the cave, though I found her footsteps far down the ravine where she had been to dig roots. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully sits down in the recliner, pie plate in his lap, and digs in for the first bite. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Dunwing leaned back, trying to dig her claws in somewhere to check the inexorable slide. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They could clear another field, dig another irrigation canal, sow more crops. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clenched her fists at her sides, digging her nails into her palms, wondering if that was what had happened to her father when he died. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had to find food, build a shelter, dig a garden, cut down a tree, and carve it into the shape of Crocodile Guts’s boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I summon the last of my strength and launch myself at her, clawing at whatever skin my fingernails find, digging in as hard as I can. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Exhuming Bobby’s corpse was impractical for many months: His grave was covered with snow, and it was difficult to dig through Iceland’s frozen soil until late spring. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One thing was certain: They weren't just digging to "build character." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Every cell in my body wants me to dig into the stew and cram it, handful by handful into my mouth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I keep the know ledge of this name like something hidden, some treasure I’ll come back to dig up, one day. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every rabbit he had brought must be sent underground to dig and every blocked gap in the wall must be opened. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some are on the hills to the south, digging holes. I think they know we have them surrounded. Our men are all around. Some are trying to get in closer by crawling in the grass.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Groundbreaking began August 1966. The tall towers needed a strong foundation. Workers had to dig deep through silt to find firm soil.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

When it was safer, they’d agreed, when the Taliban cut down on their raids, in a month or two or six, or maybe longer, they would dig the TV up. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Since the holes were in no great demand, he could dig them and fill them up at a leisurely pace, and he was seldom overworked. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But with false gray dawn he had awakened, instantly, and began to dig in the pack—to find amazing, wonderful things. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and dig in my pocket. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I tighten my grip until my tendons dig into his windpipe and half-drag, half-march him to beyond the end of the midway. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I like to garden on the weekends. You’ll need tools to dig up the treasure. This, too.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The next time he left the digging he kept away from Fiver and sat looking at the bank, as though entirely concerned with the work. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could think of no reason why Zero would dig his hole for him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Squeezing so hard, her fingers dig past the muscle and into the bone. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The landscape was gouged with smoking craters, fresh-turned earth thrown everywhere as if some giant dog had been digging at it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She asked her burrowing friends, the moles and the groundhogs, to dig through the dirt and loosen the soil. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And the pattern continued for thousands of years and archaeological dig after archaeological dig. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She digs into her vanity, throwing creams and puffs and tonics and perfume vials. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Richard and I dig up sassafras root to chew on to ease our hunger. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

John Mark hands me the balloons and digs into his pocket. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Foremole and his team knew all there was to know about the diggings: depth, approximate dimensions, the placement of shoring, even where the first rat’s head was likely to break ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The edge of the tray was digging into his rib cage. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip and dig my fingernails into my palms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Apparently their grandmother was somewhat of an authority on steps such as these. The clever old mole would neither dig nor break them. Evidently she could turn the step over, once she had brushed it.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was so crazy digging worms by lamp light and setting out for Lake Sabelia after midnight that she felt like a child breaking rules. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I encourage you to dig deep. Be daring in your thinking!” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It had overflowed, and you were better off digging yourself a hole in the hillside somewhere. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Buck rabbits on their own seldom or never go in for serious digging. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Numbers four and five were from Quinby’s preferred trees, where she did almost all her digging. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin has plans to make, Axel has eagles to watch in the tree, Lark digs through her own black bag; Byrd does not get a response. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When she made another dig at Muslims yesterday, I thought back to fifth grade. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Marlena is flushed, digging through one of the drawers of her vanity. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I dig the chisel into the block and push, trying to follow the line of a tree trunk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It all seemed like one big hole, and it would take a year and a half to dig it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Marching them through the woods, across the creek to dig up trouble.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Even though Moss never really prayed, he still replied with an “Amen” before digging into the bowl of greens in front of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Let me dig this nonsense out, else I’ll be searching that poor child for evil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a young sailor digging through a pile of luggage. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He clutched at her, fingers digging into her hips. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He digs, grabs something from inside the box. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, sir,” Dallas said, “but we are not able to dig you a well.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hurrying to camp, she got out her man’s knife and began to dig. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he will get to spend a day or two recovering in his tent, instead of having to dig a hole out on the lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He meowed loudly and ran to Anya, leaping to her shoulders and digging his claws into her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She digs in her oversized duffel bag and pulls out a bunch of equipment. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A screw was just under his hand, digging into him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Howe fell for the deception long enough for Washington to dig in at Whitemarsh and for Major Clark to train his agents. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my book out of my backpack and dig in, excited. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Jackson digs into the space between his vest and his shirt, pulls forth a letter, and pushes it into my hand. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

My teeth dig into my lower lip so hard I wince. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, he sits stoically as I clean the cuts, but digging the thorn from his paw brings on a round of those kitten mews. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I dig through my green basket of clothes until I find my black jeans with no holes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Inej sought out Rotty and got him to dig up the wool coats she and Nina had left behind in favor of their cold weather gear when they’d landed on the northern shore. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Yes, how fortunate I am to be a sailor of priority, taking voyage on a grand ship instead of digging tank trenches like most of the lads my age. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I check through the refrigerator in the kitchenette, dig out an egg, boil it, dump it into a teacup, mush it up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If it does, he’ll look for other evidence. I know it’s a huge favor, Betsy. He just needs to know if it’s even worth digging. And if it’s not? This goes no further.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We dig a trench in a large triangle around our tents and plant our posts so close together an arrow cannot get through. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Only his second day here, and this evening, we will be digging out one of our nests." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, Izzy had been digging through her bag, desperately looking for a tampon, when Deja had discreetly leaned across the aisle and extended a folded hand. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t have been able to dig such strange holes that were like narrow tunnels. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But we never found the true horn, not for all our digging. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I dig my fingers in the pocket and pull out a torn scrap of brown paper. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to dig out the nut, otherwise the weed would sprout again. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Shay was squatting on a rock, digging into the PadThai, complaining that it wasn’t spicy enough. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You dig one plant, leave two plant; dig one, leave two. So plant come back next season. And ask plant permission.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went back to the second and arrived just in time to lend a hand digging it out. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tah dig is the layer of crispy rice from the bottom of the pot. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It began to wind down so steeply that she had to dig her staff into the ground to keep from skidding. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The squirrels seemed fascinated, digging their curious faces right down into the broken glass to sniff. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We'll dig every one of the five hundred holes by hand over the next week. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The older men called to Bud and Dr. Corey, who waved or shouted back, but Donatelli kept his fingers digging into Alfred's arm. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They do, digging in their heels on opposite sides of the arena. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

She told about the project she’d been digging on for ten years, in the desert near Jericho. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Loving Shakespeare as she did, she felt as “an archeologist would have, when he suddenly realized after years of digging that he was inside the tomb of a great pharaoh.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You’re the only one who calls me that,” he said quietly, digging the toe of his shoe into the dirt. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

About twenty years ago, his brother was digging a well when he hit something metallic that turned out to be a gourd. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The temperature in the digging pits sometimes hit 130°F. Slowly peeling away the geological layers, Howard’s workers revealed that Blackwater Draw had hosted not one, but two ancient societies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mom digging under the couch cushions for quarters. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Wintergreen struck open a water pipe while digging in one of his holes and almost drowned to death before he was fished out nearly unconscious. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“We shouldn’t get any resistance, especially at first. When we dig in, make sure you’re dug in behind something solid.’ Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will drags me out of the room and into the hallway, his fingernails digging into my skin. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

While he was waiting for the anesthetic to numb his finger, he did more digging and found a sterile package with a curved needle and thread, a needle holder, and forceps. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he pulls back, his fingers digging into my arms, his face smiling into mine, I dare to raise my eyebrows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Others approached with shovels, and they began to dig a grave in the soft ground. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I dig into my jeans pocket and the slip of paper’s still there. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

At the same time I also hoped Mr. Ray didn’t start digging into how I was feeling and all that. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I dig my fingers in the damp jar, retrieving two—one for me and one for Amber. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He swung a leg behind Mama and sat down on the step above, digging his thumbs into the thick flesh below her neck. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next, we all got stuck in digging the hole for the pond. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

My father has eaten everything on his plate and is digging for more stuffing in the cavity of the turkey, which resembles a trussed, headless baby. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers dig into the wound in my shoulder, and I cry out. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” I say, digging into my satchel once again until I root out two of the double chocolate chip cookies Mom got me yesterday, “want a cookie?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Powell gives his name as Lewis Payne and makes up an elaborate story, saying that he has come to Mary Surratt’s at her request, to dig a ditch. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The first articles were all about how her grandmother had been fired after digging up a tennis court at Vickers Park. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Viola’s back down the stairs now, digging thru her bag for bandages. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing left to dig, sir,” he said. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Making us dig,” said Mother, pushing her mud-encrusted hair away from her face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I wondered what he had been digging for. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Henry has green twine and I'm in charge of that project while down below, the workers dig a huge hole because this bamboo they brought is serious business. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When she wasn’t packing water, she was out digging prickly-pear roots and hammering them to mush in a sack, then binding the mush to my leg for a poultice. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worsley took advantage of the argument to get an extra dig into the pot with his spoon. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

After a while, he noticed X-Ray had come by and was watching him dig. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Zooey was relaxing in the recliner next to the sofa, and Charlie had his back to me, digging around for something under the Christmas tree. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Phoebe gasped, digging her fingers into George’s arms. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

My hands curl into heavy fists, nails digging into the flesh of my palms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It is strangely inviting to dig one’s hands into it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the man grunting and saw him bent over, digging at the ashes in the bin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They didn't quit digging until after every other group had finished. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And those old bones were another reason for people to dig elsewhere, despite how foolish it was to be afraid of something so long dead and buried. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Union soldiers are digging trenches and fortifications along the road and reinforcing them with fallen trees and fence rails to protect themselves from rebel bullets. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Stew Cat snarling and felt him leap up on my back, his claws digging into my flesh. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love the feel of his tiny feet digging into my shoulder. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Laboring men were needed to dig the canal and lay the tracks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now that the troop was close to the sleeping cliff, the animals spread out and applied themselves to digging in the soil. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To this day, if you dig among the stones you’ll still find bones and dented helmets.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But Dana wouldn’t let go, digging his fingers into Roy’s windpipe. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that they were off the ship and away from its crew, Kaz was ready to dig into the details of the plan. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But the young soldier only stood in the shallow grave and began to dig hurriedly, throwing out the dirt while talking in muttering tones to himself, and giving Jonathan angry looks. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

For Axel’s special bowl of pasta, and digs the serving spoon deep into the middle of the bowl. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I dig out my phone and see that I have a new text from Warren and a ton from my sisters. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

How could my Grandpa Izzy even begin to think that our digging out a nest would be like old times? The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I guess you read a lot," he said, digging through the open boxes. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It affects others so that they begin to rave, to run away—there was one man who even tried to dig himself into the ground with hands, feet, and teeth. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pope was delighted and had the book read aloud to him at table, roaring with laughter at the digs at the Jesuits. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Daddy still had on his work clothes, but he’d taken off his jacket and loosened his tie, like he was going to dig a ditch in his suit. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kretzsky instructed us to dig another pit next to the first. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

First you break your back trying to dig a hole in the ground. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“That’s unfortunate. I’m afraid I don’t have time to talk right now. There are two funerals today, and I have Kuna watching over a woman in the other room when he should be digging graves.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I use the fine material of my skirt to scrub my face of the snot and tears, the chains around my wrists digging into the soft skin. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was a project as imaginary as digging a hole to China. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She remembered Nico’s grim expression, his fingers digging into her arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His fingers dig like screws into Jacob’s arm. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes when you think you’ve done all you can, you have to dig down deep and find that extra oomph that helps you get through what seems like an impossible situation.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"I said I'd dig worms for you too, if you wanted." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And before we knew where we were they were planted here and there all over the Shire, and were felling trees and digging and building themselves sheds and houses just as they liked. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ruth’s fingers drifted to her nose for some unsightly digging. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the sound of the digging, clearer already, only set him thinking of the best way to sell his life as dearly as he could. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the fire, completely unafraid of die smoking coals, completely unfraid of Brian, a skunk was digging where he had buried the eggs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Permitted volunteers were licensed to move a nest or dig out a nest after the eggs had hatched, but they had to be supervised by her. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

This helped, but digging was harder because the cap would slip and slide. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Bucks do not usually dig much in any case, although they will scratch shallow shelters or make use of existing holes where these are available. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times the ground was so hard that we had to dig the shovel into the ground with both hands, pushing in with the weight of our bodies. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When I saw the Great Crusader and Vegetarian digging in, I said, “You’re eating meat.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Once he obtained all the information that he needed, he organized teams of Indians to dig up whatever might have escaped the priest’s zealous archaeological notice. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She recalled crying, and then sitting in the sand, digging in the sand with her fingers. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Well, there was nothing now but to dig in. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A knot digs into the back of my throat. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Seems like it would be harder to dig with. No leverage.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I plucked the silly button off his shirt, dumped it in the hole I was digging, and covered it over with dirt. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

But if I tried that without digging a hole first, the trailer would just slide along the ground. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom doesn’t respond—she just digs into her purse for her phone. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She seent me from ’bout a half mile off and waved her arm twice o’er her head afore she got back to digging out weeds. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Jon went to gather fuel, digging down under deadfalls for the drier wood beneath and peeling back layers of sodden pine needles until he found likely kindling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Snow had them digging through the night. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A headache began to assert itself above his right eye, the pain digging into his flesh—migraine. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t it be great to go digging for weird facts like Charles Fort did? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lots of people thought Captain Kidd might have buried loot on the Elizabeths, well within his stomping grounds, but no one who had gone digging for treasure out here had ever found any. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They snaked around my wrist and up my arm, digging into my skin, and Uncle Cotton leaned in close. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I dig through a drawer, find a tube, and hand it to him. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“That man kept me prisoner while he spent a lot of time and effort digging up that island. What for, otherwise?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“So let’s start digging,” I said, though I was more eager now to know where I hadn’t come from than where I had. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

According to the West Virginia history books, no one had ever lived in the valleys and hills of McDowell County before we came to dig out the coal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Too busy digging through her folder of coupons. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Drogon shrieked, his claws digging through silk and skin, but the king on his throne never heard, and Dany moved on. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Yes, ma’am, I thought, digging out my tablet to try my hand at figuring. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dad drives us to school in the morning, but he’s out at the dig all day, so we have to walk home. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They held her by the elbows and ankles and shoulders and thighs, their harsh, meaty hands digging into her softness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wake up, Centipede,” whispered James, giving him a gentle dig in the stomach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Emmett digs out a purple bubble gum from a bin and puts a penny in her hand. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“That’s it. Tectonic plates. It’s like when they go riding, when North America goes skidding into South America, you don’t want to be in the middle. You dig me?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She was prepared for some sort of archaeological dig; for a dead body; for a meteorite. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For the next week or so, we are going to dig into some Black poetry!” he announces as soon as we are seated. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He was looking at Bronwyn, who was climbing the rubble, digging in the wreckage, flinging debris this way and that. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. And you’re in the middle of digging his grave,” Rufus says as trees rustle and a shovel scoops up earth. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He remained out on the lake, digging during the hottest part of the day, long after everyone else had gone in. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Blinking, Sefia leaned on the side of the crate for support, digging the heel of her hand into the splintered edge, as if the pain would distract her from the upheaval inside her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mother already secretly offered him her wedding ring plus a thousand dollars, which supposedly we’d dig up after we got back to Georgia without Father or any visible means of self-support. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty, maybe forty men were methodically digging the earth and laying the dead to rest. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried a small shovel with which to dig, and she carried a gunny sack in which to gather our magic harvest. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left the men and, moments later, he and Ugwu started to map out and dig an area behind the building. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was stuck in a world where time had come to a standstill except for my digging. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There he smelled caches of game buried in the soft earth, but they were marked with powerful warning scents, so he did not dig them up. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He felt like he was digging his own grave. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He could actually tap the blade of the scalpel on the spleen, and the blade wouldn’t dig in very much. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little boy started clucking and pecking ’round on the stage then he commenced scratching at the floor with his bare feet and you’d have swored he was digging up worms! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When the officers had left, I imagined them returning to the mainland, writing up a report, telling stories in the pub, spreading the news that the mysterious southerner really had been digging for treasure. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Jonathan let himself down into the grave and began to dig again, but the young soldier impatiently jumped back in, took back the shovel, and fairly flung Jonathan out of the way. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

This grove of oaks is where they dig for acorns, roots, and grubs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He kisses me hard, with a kind of devouring desperation, fingers digging into my hair. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They had tried to dig under, but there were great flat stones beneath, half-covered by earth and blown leaves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“We have no authority to dig up the cellar.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But then we saw the huge rosebush near the tractor shed, where, with quite a lot of digging, we could put a concealed entrance. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Men fish the sea, dig in the earth, and die. Women birth children in blood and pain, and die. Night follows day. The winds and tides remain. The islands are as our god made them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He set upon the wood-rat burrow, digging downward, sending the earth flying. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Sneaking around with him but not talking about it. And then you dig up them yams not even ripe yet!” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He gripped the edges of the tank again, digging his fingers into the snow and ice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He digs around in his lab-coat pockets and hands me a folded piece of paper. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

This was a little more challenging because I had to dig down to bury the bottom of the chicken wire to keep out hungry diggers like skunks and such. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes ma’am,” I say, still not turning, still digging for my key. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I dig around and suddenly find one in my hand that we have not watched. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm not digging any more holes," said Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

They were going to march, sweat, dig, carry, drill and tunnel, until they performed to his satisfaction. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

If the elephants continued to dig away at the base of the pillar, it might eventually collapse, bringing down the roof of Kitum Cave with it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ran upstairs to dig out the costumes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Our ears became accustomed to the whistle of falling shells, to the rumble of gunfire, our eyes familiar with the sight of men dig­ging bodies out of piles of rubble. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could close my eyes and dig a hole for the rest of my life. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“But for now you can practice your digging.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I found there were still plants under the snow, and I would dig down and get teaberry leaves and win- tergreen. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sure have changed. That house was always full of people digging in cupboards and carrying on.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Drew was across the hall, but his back was to her, and he was digging in his locker. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And Scruffy digging over in the corner and yipping his head off? Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I dig my fingernails into his hands and arms. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He ran over close to my pole and started digging at the ice. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit stopped digging as his boss and a woman approached. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

They had us dig out the foundation for the Factory, but the camp controllers didn’t trust us with the actual building of it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Captain Short wasn’t a hundred percent yet, and there was also the small matter of the thing digging into her ankle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“How could you ever dig out such a big room?” she asked. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

As Thunder and Thistle began to dig, Woundwort crouched silently behind them, waiting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fabric digs into my throat, choking me, and I stumble after him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if there might be some way Zero would agree to dig part of X- Ray's hole as well. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Hungry. Always you are hungry. Why did you not dig yourself a few lotus roots while you dawdled by the river? Many such brats as you get nothing else and think themselves well off.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He screamed but kept digging at the wound. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we’d dig them up, until they squirted us in self-defense. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I wasn’t sure I wanted to dig any deeper than I already had. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

One day I saw Atal in the backyard furiously digging a hole. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I placed the owl in the grave and I put a large stone over it so the coyotes would not dig it out, then I covered the hole with the earth of the llano. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I don’t like the digs. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I want to dig through the dirt, climb through these tangled limbs, inspect this gnarled trunk. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, he digs his fingers against the surface and pushes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, I could listen to the Pirates game,” I said, “while I dig.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“So help me...Give us ten minutes! Go dig the grave of someone who isn’t standing right here!” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Grabbing the shovels, they quickly threw some sand over the boxes, trying to camouflage them until they could dig a hole and bury them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

My hands hurt, and I realized I had curled them so tightly into fists that my fingernails were digging into my palms. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas could picture it all: the creature’s metal spikes digging into the wooden sides of the Homestead, the massive creature rolling its body, climbing up toward their room, defying gravity with its strength. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ayesha and I grab small trowels to begin digging little holes in the earth where the seeds will go. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She put a hand on his shoulder, her fingers digging into the muscle that lay beneath. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even though they found no gun to match the bullet in Dray’s head, no one digs for more answers. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There were places along the riverbank digging area where the clay was of various colors, to be sure. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Not one of Hazel’s rabbits had ever played any part in real digging. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knelt down in the water, my fingers digging into the soft mud, and I pulled up handfuls of the roots. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Let’s dig a little deeper into the secret of Gottman’s success rate. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My arms go around her, the wires propping up her breasts dig into my chest. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I did stop in the living room to dig out our O Brother CD. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Everybody else had started back digging in their plates, even though now things were definitely a little awkward. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Her grip tightens around my hand, and her jewel-tipped nails dig into the skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Her claws were spread out and digging into the ice. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped the shovel handle firmly and got back to digging. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If they were going to make him dig for the information, then that was fine. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Wings flap next to my ear, and the crow’s talons dig into my shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In particular he spoke of the backbreaking work he had to do on various white farms, and on chain gangs digging trenches and roads in the white people’s world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

With luck, they would not have to dig a new one in the fall. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

For a second I thought it might be Pita looking for fireflies, but she was standing at the cake table, digging into her second helping. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We all smile, and then dig into our food. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Returning to her office, she digs into the backpack and pulls out the black moleskin notebook. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could feel a knee digging into the small of his back. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There are only about two hundred kouroi in existence, and most have been recovered badly damaged or in fragments from grave sites or archeological digs. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My sister and I joined her in the digging. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

With great haste, the old people began to dig. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The young rocks are on top, but as the river digs deeper, it exposes older and older layers. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But if I were you, Rex, I wouldn't dig too hard." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"Mom says we don't have to dig any more holes." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When Papa and I were digging out the last of the potatoes, he said, “Put your fork down and rest a spell.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined going into the garden, where Jaja was on his knees, digging out a clump of mud with my fingers and eating it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She goes digging in her purse, and Angel says, “Oh, we don’t charge, ma’am. We are a donation-based business.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The citation goes on to say that the best time to dig wild potatoes “is in the spring as soon as the ground thaws.... During the summer they evidently become dry and tough.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rough coffins come together, and a new round of digging begins; graves open up in rows. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Somebody would have to dig pretty deep to find that.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mother carried the brown package to a clearing where several men, women and children sat underneath a blazing sun; some rested, tired from digging; others munched hungrily at dug-up sandwiches and other viands. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, I said I thought the magazine was trying to make him a hero, but then later somebody might dig up something to make him seem like less than a person. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the sounds of digging continued, he sensed fear spreading all through the burrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know why you're digging holes? Because it's good for you. It teaches you a lesson. If Zero digs your hole for you, then you're not learning your lesson, are you?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The parrot has rounded back and landed on me, digging his talons in to keep from being torn away by the wind. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I yelled, remembering previous fights which had erupted when families fought over rights to dig up white people’s leftovers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers of my fuzzy pink mittens dig into the damp soil, the cold seeping through to my skin. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then I get a flash of impulsive inspiration; I reach over, dig my thumb into her spoon, and smudge an ocher arc across the page. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was always hard labor—digging cisterns, building roads, hauling bricks, crushing rocks. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, there’s still time to dig that fern costume out of the garage, if you’re up for it.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After a day of digging up and eating raw daikons, Shin returned to the city center with as many as he could carry, sold them in markets, and bought snacks. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Maya had learned this trick a long time ago, the art of staying quiet and letting the other person dig themselves into a hole. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She pulls on her backpack straps so that they dig into her shoulders. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was an instant fall of earth and a gap opened where he had been digging. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told Gamble to dismount and dig in along the crest of the ridge just past the seminary, facing the Rebs who would come down that road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs my backpack and digs around, but pulls out The Little Prince instead of the guide. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I carry him with me; we sing together as we dig secret tunnels to freedom. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A pair of hands, his own, digging for roots. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were no tools with which to dig, and besides, burying the dead men would have taken too much time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We began to dig a grave, though there was no solemnity there, no rite, no sorrow even, at that chore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This was what his face looked like when he was about to dig in his heels. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She yanked the already stretched telephone cord a few feet farther so she could keep talking while digging through her closet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Hamburg finds itself digging the thawing ground, tearing up city parks, and building tall concrete towers armed with flak guns to shoot down enemy bombers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He knows my tickle spot and digs his fingers in relentlessly. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I pictured the bird keeper digging up the whole island, one plug at a time, while the terns and the plovers swooped around his head, fearful for their eggs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

How about, ‘Word on the avenue’? ‘Word on the street’ is like ‘chill out’—dig what I’m saying?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Second, oak trees evolved to make nuts of a size and taste suitable for squirrels, which we’ve all seen burying, digging up, and eating acorns. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She digs the chocolate out from between her teeth and takes another bite of candy. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I'll be able to dig them out with a day or so of work. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was out of the question to disturb Hazel by digging, and they spent the night crouched beside him on the narrow floor. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tin box was buried in the soft dirt beneath the tree, shallow enough that I could dig it up with my hands. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kept digging and digging until I discovered some things about my daddy I’d’ve been better off not knowing.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

We picked up our food, and I was about to dig in when I thought better of it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Now, Tristan. We have to hold until the Shield forces get here. If that...creature keeps digging, we don’t stand a chance.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They had not long come out and resumed digging when they saw another—or perhaps the same one—hovering some way off, high over the very fields that they had crossed the previous morning. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Locktons would soon need to dig a new privy hole. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She digs around in her purse for her keys, and then she remembers—she stuck them in the ashtray of the car so she could find them easily! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My limbs grew heavy, and after a time I found myself sitting on the porch, the corners of the boards digging into the backs of my thighs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sumac clutched my shoulder, his claws digging in tightly so he wouldn’t fall off. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I sigh and show him some roots to dig. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Jonathan dug until he could not dig anymore. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, the foul thing inhabiting my stomach begins to dig its way out. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“The museum had sponsored a dig in Madagascar for a few months to search for the bone, and I got to go. You remember your father and me telling you about Madagascar?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I ask, curiosity digging its claws into me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Was she traveling through the tunnel or digging it? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I dig the bottles out of my pockets. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“A Presbyterian, and well up—well up, I say, when you dig it out of that crazy talk. Now what do you think of that?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the hole filled, he would cover it with dirt and dig a new one. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The Hitler Youth were also called to dig antitank barriers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped digging momentarily and took a pinch of snuff and sneezed noisily. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The beach isn’t going anywhere,” said Imogen, digging in her bag. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“June 20 “I decided today to dig a pit to trap a deer, so I am whittling a shovel out of a board I found in the stream this morning. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t see Papa, but Mama was feverishly digging, flinging big bags around like she was a strongman. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

No one can claim that it never happened now—not with the scientists digging up the final evidence. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I brought pictures,” she said, digging in this nice brown leather bag she had, more like a satchel than a purse. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Funny thing, it also makes me take a little extra care when I dig one so it might be a place of respite for the next guy to come along. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Zero became strong enough to help dig the hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

They fall to the ground with a loud thud and Baba is sitting on the bear’s chest, his fingers digging in its snout. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At night, I toss restlessly in the tiny box that is my room, the rope of my pallet digging into my back, the roof and walls so close that I can’t breathe. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, reporters at the Washington Post were digging closer and closer to the real story, and the FBI, in spite of Nixon’s efforts, was still investigating. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My mother sat on the hood of the truck, watching as they began to dig into the dead earth. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I smiled to myself and thought, Miss Diana Ross wasn’t hardly digging any ditches in her sparkly gold pants. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Some kids stood in a little circle out back, beatboxing and freestyling, inventing brand-new ways of putting one another down and sending up wild cheers when a dig found its mark. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Not only would it have been a parole violation to see him, or Hamilton, again, but I didn't want to dig them up either. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Once again Tree-ear trundled the cart, this time along the river road, until he reached the digging area. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. I’m sorry. Getting into keeping secrets. Not a good idea. Historians don’t bury things. We dig them up. Show people. Yes.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

"About digging a hole to bury my dung in?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She digs through her purse for a minute before coming up with a pen. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Helene digs her nails into my arm and speaks for me, knowing that I’m on the verge of earning myself a whipping. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They’ll dig a hole in the ground and plant her on Saturday. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

There had been no radios to listen to when he was digging holes at Camp Green Lake. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

At the sight of Peeta’s bloody wrists, I dig in my pocket for the handcuff key, but he jerks away from me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The white man now is in Africa digging and searching. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she came into a clearing and he was there—on his knees, digging in the dirt with his hands. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I dig my fingernails into that other boy’s stomach and hang on tight like a crab. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sit on the edge of the sofa, my fingers digging into the fabric. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But in the 1980s and 1990s a gush of new information about the first Americans came in from archaeological digs, anthropological laboratories, molecular biology research units, and linguists’ computer models. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bing had found an empty soda bottle and was using this to dig sand next to the dark cove wall. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been warmer when she was digging, but now she felt the wind on her face, and it smelled sharply of snow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I dig my feet deeper into the mud. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fudge looked around at the portrait of the ugly little man wearing the long curly silver wig, who was digging in his ear with the point of a quill. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Aru wanted to, but it was the last night before her mom was leaving to go on another archaeological dig. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I am not their blood, the ground doesn’t care who digs it, I am a stranger at a cocktail party. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We walked down and picked out a place to dig up. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen roosters chase hens, catch up, climb on top of them, and dig sharp beaks into the hen’s head as she cackled and screeched and he flapped his wings. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We work for another silent few minutes shoulder to shoulder on our hands and knees, being careful not to dig too deeply, and then he sits back resting one arm on his knee. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The girls used coconut shells to dig a deep trench. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It digs in its talons and doesn’t move. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And no sooner had the men finished digging out the dead men and butchering the horses than another corpse was found. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Like sounds you hear under water. I’m having to dig myself out of a year.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It never entered my head to try to make a lot of bucks dig regular holes,” said Hazel doubtfully, as they returned down the slope. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They hope,” Luke said solemnly, "that I will dissuade you from digging up the lovely old scandals.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He says some of them are saying to bury rocks in your garden right now, and after the white people are all dead, dig them up and those rocks will be turned into gold. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s gotten to the point that I actually know when a bad hunger cramp is coming, and I’ll dig my fingernails in my shoulder so I could feel something different than hunger. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I dig in my bag, pull out a pencil, and place it in the sharpener. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Stanley was required to dig only one hole the next day. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I listened outside after I brought the food. Father says witches send animals to dig up bodies.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sink down to my knees and dig through my backpack, looking for something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Each teammate gets a dig, a stomp, a step on me. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He keeps digging through the same empty jugs, like he’s going to find something different. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I feel my rucksack digging into the back of my neck as I lean forward. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s science. Archaeologists dig up fossils and stuff, and they can tell how old things are. Cockroaches—I mean crawlers—are really old and they’ve never changed much,” said Gregor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t have bothered her if she’d decided to crawl up and dig a nest. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I open the bag, taking the tissue paper out and neatly folding it before I dig in. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Twisting her damp hair away from her face, Sefia began digging her belongings out of the pack, laying them out in neat piles until her searching hands hit something flat and solid and firm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"It's you who oughtn't to dig out cars, Buddy. Not me." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the countryside on the outskirts of town, Shin wandered away from his crew, whose members were digging up a vegetable garden. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It would take me half an hour that night to dig the black dirt out of my nostrils and ears. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She rolls her eyes as I dig through my Dunkin’ Donuts bag for five singles. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Why Miss Sadie had call to send me all over God's creation to dig up plants never intended for human use, I can’t say. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It digs deeply into my cheek, opening a wide gash. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Silver reported that it was drier up in the woodland away from the bank, and at first Hazel had the idea of picking a fresh spot and digging again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that raid, everyone all over town started digging trenches. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I popped the top off and started digging through the hundreds of pieces of torn newspaper. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She unzipped it and dropped The Gold-Bug inside so her hand was free to dig for a pen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

During the summer she would take us to the beach at low tide to dig for clams. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She was digging through her purse for the cigarettes she could not smoke in front of Mama. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night after a hard day’s work digging trenches for new latrines, I collapsed to the floor of my barrack. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He did not want the champagne; her nails were digging into his arm. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Here, just use my phone,” Berry said, digging in her back pocket. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Horses aren't as interesting as goats, but it's a better job than cooking or digging trenches. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“How did you know I was digging up a garden?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For an instant she could feel its teeth digging into her shoulder, as if it wanted a bite of her flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Pausing in the shade of an apple tree, he put his strong snout into the ground and began pushing, digging, and rooting. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

To my alarm, they were digging in the area where the manuscript was buried. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hatsue grew up digging clams at South Beach, picking blackberries, collecting mushrooms, and weeding strawberry plants. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Of course, it is easy for people to dig a well, as they have hands that can work the earth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He cleared away old leaves and used his helmet to dig. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

On a day filled with bright, hot sunshine, I am digging up a plot, getting it ready to plant more wheat. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He digs into his pocket and pulls out his keys and phone and hands them to Donna. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She isn’t participating in the clam dig; she’s content with taking pictures of us, and with staying far away from the freezing sea. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I cried and howled while she held me even tighter for fear that I would jump into the hole that Uncle Abdullah and the village men were digging. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

June’s relieved, only because she managed to find a way to protect him, even though it means the world is digging through her life for answers and evidence, which makes Alex want to murder everyone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Just as a man rises in the mornings to dig ditches for his bread, so I’d work daily. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And after that I couldn’t stop picturing moles all over New York City, digging tunnels between Manhattan and Queens. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was eating from an extra large bag of potato crisps and digging the stuff out in handfuls. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The work was backbreaking: digging out boulders, chopping down trees, dynamiting tunnels, and hammering in railroad ties. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Or dig his nails into his bare skin like he is doing. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I shake my head again and dig into my breakfast, matching Jenna bite for bite. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“They put them in a box and then they dig a hole and put the box in,” said Cal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was mostly surprised that the house even had a basement—you can’t dig very deep before hitting water in most of Orlando. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I want all that money gone,” Char says, heading back for the desk and digging around inside. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I dig my fingers into the tendons of the brute’s arms, trying to work myself free. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the mound of unwashed pajama bottoms and sweatshirts and dig out the phone. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“No one cares about digging coal anymore,” she said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

While washing up I managed to inform Walter and Kathy about the digging outside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freak says, and he kicks me with his little foot, like he's digging into a horse and it clicks in my head. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tried again, yanking the rope, digging at the knot with his frozen fingers. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I press my arms against my stomach and dig my fingers into my sides. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“And I wish someone would dig an escape route out of here for me too,” she said, staring vacantly out the window. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t quit digging at his skin, making big scabs and then ripping off the scabs and scratching the open sores. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she always regained her sight in time to scold the two dogs for sniffing in her room, digging in the garden outside her window, or wetting on a table leg. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of the collie next door, digging its hole in the backyard last spring. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“These are kind of cool, Lee. I’m digging the two-piece.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Robin squeezed Ivy’s shoulder and then started digging in her bag, a huge black canvas thing with tiny red strawberries all over it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If the Wexford-Smythe paleontologists are right and our little dig turns into a major find, Dad wants to reinvent Chokecherry as the dinosaur capital of North America. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Some were digging holes, others were carrying sand. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take that, you offal,” Ignatius cried, digging the cutlass into the cashmere sweater. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Real digging is done for the most part by does preparing for litters. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When O’Dell finally climbed back to the track bed, wet but unhurt, we began to dig. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He realized that once again he would be digging long after everyone else had quit. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She keeps scratching at my arms, her nails digging into my skin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Barringer believed that the crater had been formed by a ten-million-ton meteor, heavily freighted with iron and nickel, and it was his confident expectation that he would make a fortune digging it out. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When she’d first stumbled across the notion of Wyrdgates, days ago, it had seemed interesting, and so she’d researched, digging through piles of old parchment, only to find more puzzling theories. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After the German army had passed through an area, the commandos rounded up the Jews and herded them to the outskirts of town, where they were forced to dig mass graves. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I walk down the halls, I see them shackled to the waxed tile floor, ankle cuffs digging into their skin. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Here!" the man said, stopping his frenzied digging. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The poorest went on living in burrows of the most primitive kind, mere holes indeed, with only one window or none; while the well-to-do still constructed more luxurious versions of the simple diggings of old. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I can’t balance on top of the body; I fall to my knees, digging my fingernails into his wrist. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I clean the trout and wrap it in May-apple leaves, then dig a hole in the earth and build a fire. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spoke with a rental agent in a chat room, and he showed me around a virtual mock-up of my new digs. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Indeed! With my plague! Half of Europe was decimated by the Black Death, forcing society to evolve! If not for that, you would still be digging for roots, a serf forever bound to your master." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A score of builders set to clearing brush, digging latrines, and untying their bundles of fire-hardened stakes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She turned into my room and started digging through my desk drawers. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The old man paused, holding the rope and bottle of wine, then shrugged and began to dig around in his packs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Stanley gazed out across the lake, toward the spot where he had been digging yesterday when he found the gold tube. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A good letter could get you a position in the better cohorts, sometimes even special jobs like legion messenger, which made you exempt from the grunt work like digging ditches or conjugating Latin verbs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

‘Then dig a hole in the ground,’ said Legolas, ‘if that is more after the fashion of your kind. But you must dig swift and deep, if you wish to hide from Orcs.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The idea was you were buried with all your favorite things and in a thousand years a relative would dig you up and sift through your rotted remains and stuff. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The dirt under her nails, the healing scars on her hands, the ache in her shoulders and back from digging Pol’s grave. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He could dig postholes for the rest of his life. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They were leaving bad wives or bad jobs or bad towns; they were coming to find something or leave something or get something, to dig up something or bury something or leave something alone. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We found a shovel and pickax at an abandoned farm and spent just about every free minute digging a hole. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the meter is running at the rate of $59 a day for my digs at the 6, which are resembling a Ballard creation more every day. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gates compared the Internet to the gold rush, the idea being that more money was made selling Levi’s, picks, shovels, and hotel rooms to the gold diggers than from digging up gold from the earth. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you both ready for a crash course in digging for treasure?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The same thorough mosquito-control measures were instituted in the Isthmus of Panama, where work to dig a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans had bogged down. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I looked at the islands scattered along the lower half of Mr. Patterson’s map and settled into the back seat to dig up a postcard for Fred. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He unzips the front pocket, digs around for a moment, and then pulls out a rose made entirely of green duct tape. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I combed my hair slowly over and over, feeling the teeth of the comb dig into my cheek at every stroke. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The minarets of the Jameh Mosque sparkled in the sunlight as I used my tongue to dig a piece of lettuce out from between my teeth. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I dig through countless beat-up folders and old notebooks, searching for anything that might tick. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I poked my head in the door and said, “I’m going to Miss Maggie’s before I dig clams. Do you want to come along?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Milkman became agile, pulling himself up the rock face, digging his knees into crevices, searching with his fingers for solid earth patches or ledges of stone. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My nails were digging so deep into my palm that I thought I had broken the skin. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He laughs, starts digging around in a pile of magazines on his desk. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I returned my seat-back tray to its upright and locked position and bent forward to dig pills out of his backpack. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

To see the remaining traces of this early settlement, scientists would have to jack up the whole enormous pile and dig underneath. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Dorothy’s mother-in-law tried to dig in her heels against the growing distance between her son and daughter-in-law that she must have surmised for some time to be inevitable. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I went on digging in the brush with my pointed stick as though nothing at all were happening on the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s work for Wexford-Smythe University has brought us to dinosaur digs all over the world. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t dig in my child’s territory!” my mother screamed a warning and hurried over to protect my discovery by staking out the area I was digging in. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I bet you always wanted to dig a big hole, right? Am I right?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Mr. Kendall had come back over from New Bedford to dig some more, camouflaged by the crowd of others like him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Henry’s face is calm and genial, but one of his knees has shifted over to dig into Alex’s. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Rex Rollins, eating a Dorito by the piano, looks around and shakes his head, really digging this girl’s answer, and calls to Garret Charles, “I love the simplicity of that.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“They could make me dig two bomb shelters,” I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I can’t dig in the sand with a new manicure,” she tells me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“But if we’re going to play Sherlock Holmes, we need to go spin that spinner and dig up more clues.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“So you just take this and pull it through the sand like a regular rake. You’ll catch all kinds of stuff. Then just dig through to see what you have.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

From the top of the dig he dangled a measuring tape—alternating ten-centimeter strips of red, white, and green—to indicate depth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the long, hot days, they idled away, picking plaster from the walls and digging into the earth with sticks. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say nothing, but just went out back and started digging. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It helped him dig his hole and ease his own suffering. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Okay, I could dig where she was coming from. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, at the moment you cannot dig. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Zero's been digging part of Caveman's hole every day," said Squid. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Jack digs into his breakfast, oblivious to my discomfort. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ishmael Chambers, watching Hatsue, remembered digging geoduck clams with her below the bluff at South Beach. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Crystal”—she smiles and her eyes shine—“would dig up tubers and bulbs for Alice to eat.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Let me guess, a dollar," I replied, as usual, digging into my pocket for a buck. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We’re digging into it here at the beach, and I’m shocked both by how hungry I am and by how painless it is to eat. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My hands and feet dig into the floor. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Rat scratched the skin at his elbow, digging in hard. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By evening, it lay four feet deep around the tiny house, and Mr. Bucket had to dig a path from the front door to the road. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Burgoyne ordered his men to dig in while awaiting General Clinton’s troops, supposedly coming from New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The furrier, a plain woman with spindly arms, leaned over the counter, digging her hands into a stack of fox pelts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

None of the others helped him dig Zero's hole, and he didn't expect them to. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“This is one way to carry it,” she says as she puts the rifle on my shoulder, its butt digging into my chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting on the bed and I’m shaking with fury, digging my nails into my palms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He digs his keys out of his pocket. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He ended up having to work overtime, digging a new trench, cutting into the pipes, and attaching the main water line. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I dig into my pocket and there’s my drawing of the world from when Mateo and I first sat down this morning at my favorite diner. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I think about myself going down there alone despite the sinister unseen men, digging up the treasure, having all that mystery in my hands. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes—goodness, how confusing this was—I thought of digging a grave but then I realized that would be madness. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I suggest we find a place to live before you go digging for gold. We can’t eat gold.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“She knows exactly where to dig,” I said. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Each afternoon, the boys learned how to handle weapons and dig protective coverings, such as trenches, foxholes, and earth bunkers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’m so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Of course, as soon as she started digging for her money, I started searching for mine, y’know, to be a gentleman. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At the time, some of my comrades jested that I was a miner at heart, for I spent my days at the quarry and my free time digging in the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next day I go back and dig small garden. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, not the digging. There’s something I’m trying to hear—something the others can’t hear. Only I can’t hear it either. But it’s close. Deep. Leaf-drift, deep. I’m going away, Hazel—going away.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dig through the first-aid kit I got from the boy from District 1 and find pills that reduce your temperature. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And why were we digging this stupid hole? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

How Mr. Stonecrop had hired men from the shipyards to dig up the markers, then hack through the frozen ground to the coffins—or what was left of them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I dig a beetle larva out of a decaying log and put it on a thornbush fishhook I made and tied to a fine cord of deer tendon. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn scrambled up out of bed to distract himself, so he wouldn’t have to dig his fists into his own eyes again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the tide turned I began to dig with my feet, working them down and down, and then with my hands. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, it was eight hours of digging and sifting and hauling to find what was left of the children. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A fourth voice said, “Well, I’m glad to hear it, that means I didn’t go digging around in the basement for nothing. I think he’s going to really like this.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

And, everywhere he looked, Milo saw little men no bigger than himself busy digging and chopping, shoveling and scraping, pulling and tugging carts full of stone from one place to another. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after a few more sun-scorching days of hard digging in the backyard, I suddenly remembered Mr. Greene had said I could work for him at the Norvelt News. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry!” shouted Fred, digging deep for every ounce of courage and strength he could find. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They’d roam the nearby forests and meadows, gathering mushrooms, digging up edible roots, catching frogs and occasionally running away from tigers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like it. We can’t dig that block out without some noise, you know.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We raise our spoons in a kind of toast and dig in. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You cool, Chino, because any businessman can come and drink my wine. Come and dig my earth.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He loves to dig in the dirt and pick wildflowers, and I help his chubby fingers weave them together. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She told them about digging for tombs, and she told them about the beautiful princess Sit Hat-Hor Yunet whose jewelry they would see in another room. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed hold of my shoulders, his thumbs digging into the flesh at the tops of my arms, and told me to calm down, to stop behaving like a child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I guess he likes to dig holes," Armpit had said. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

For a long time, he left it beside his hole as he continued to dig. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He and Sam Holiday, another of us code talkers, had just finished digging in. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was digging out rocks and sledding them to the stone wall. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s gorgeous stuff, black gold as deep as you can dig, as far as you can see. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It rains so hard that my brothers are not able to go up the mountain to dig for potatoes and bamboo. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Grab your shovels, guys. This is where we dig.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t turn around but continued on his knees, digging out nails with the hammer’s claw, muttering the words to his favorite chachachá. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I drove a bit farther into the wood, off the road. There was no one around. I had to dig . . .” His breathing is shallower still, quickening. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I hear Patti speak about my father, it's as if she's digging a big hole in my heart, but also filling up a hole in my mind. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They widened X-Ray's hole, as well as the holes Armpit and Squid had been digging, until the fourth day, when all three holes met and formed one big hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The roots began to move, digging deeper as they touched the earth, anchoring the oak until it looked like it had stood in that spot for centuries. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They ventured cautiously into the long sloping passage, digging in their heels to prevent themselves sliding right down as Guosim probably had done. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When Mazen says nothing, I dig the blade in deeper, drawing out a thin line of blood. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I dig down and try to find the words to explain, but I can’t. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

On a local level, terra preta is valuable enough for locals to dig it up and sell as potting soil, an activity that, alas, has already destroyed countless artifacts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even though I know there is nothing there but the too-small-to-steal phone numbers, I dig my hands into my pockets. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hope this tape doesn’t make you run out and dig for that deep, dark, and dirty secret of his…which I’m sure is there. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

We are buried and must dig ourselves out. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to dig up a couple of ferns. Then we can leave.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I say, my knuckles digging into his scalp till Dad saves him from the noogie with one of his lame jokes: Why cant you play sports in the jungle! he asks. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He wanted to dig a little more and see what she said. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The soil here was rich, never having yielded before, and loose so that it did not require much digging. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was digging in his garden—digging, too, in his own mind, laboriously turning up the substance of his thought. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“New scrapes get noticed; and digging can be heard a surprisingly long way, ye know.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands dig into the folds of her dress as she walks out of her gazebo. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He was too busy digging tunnels in the backyard or practicing to be “the fastest runner in Finney County.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then after he kills me, Ma gon’ dig me up, bring me back to life, and kill me again.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

What if we were digging our own grave? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He digs out a hankie and dabs his eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hands freeze over tables, mouths are afraid to chew their contents, dice and game chips dig into palms instead of being placed on lucky bets. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He walked over to the counter and started digging through a pile of things, and finally, he came up with a broom. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She digs in her purse and takes out a marker. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Wishbone sat outside the gate and whined to get in, but he wasn’t allowed because of his digging. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

My mother used to travel with him, but then they had me and they took too long trying to decide if they wanted to take me to the digs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

With some quick and careful digging, I exposed the bulk of it, though the large tetrahedron and the deflated balloons still lurked below the surface. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men were digging in, piling rocks to make a stone wall. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to Big Ma, we should look like we were prepared to sit at our desks at school and not to dig ditches in the dirt. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was in the front yard digging a hole with my little red shovel. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She soaped her hair, frantically digging fingers into her scalp, whimpering with disgust. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists have traditionally avoided tropical forests, because the climate destroys all wood, cloth, and organic material—except for ceramics and stone, there is little left to dig up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was roused at daybreak by the usual rude dig of Gebu’s sandal in his ribs. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

For hours, his father desperately worked to save the farm, chopping away brush and digging ditches. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pax watched the war-sick spread out along the riverbank, rolling more wires, digging more holes, and burying more dark boxes under the hot sun. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You did this,” Leon said, digging the fingernails of one hand into Archie’s shoulder while pointing to the chaos of Room Nineteen with the other. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl over to her and start to dig beside her, the dirt beneath the grass dry as dust in my fingers. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got, what? Ten whole hours to find the treasure, dig it up, and haul everything out.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally I have to help, but mostly I watch with detachment as they upend themselves in the mud, digging and weeding, clay stains on the knees of their pants. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the boy screamed at the men, “I’m digging for treasure!” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a cool, gray morning, and Baba was squatting next to me, digging the soil and planting the bulbs I handed to him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His sharp front hooves dig in and he jerks onto his feet, but before his balance is sure my stone hits him and falls again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And let me tell you, it had taken them forever to dig that grave in the frozen ground. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

They would find some patch of arid, dusty, useless land, and dig row after row of holes in the ground—a thousand latrines to serve four thousand families. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Malcolm was fighting now with every little fraction of his strength, digging the paddle deep, leaning into the stroke, heaving hard—and nursing the broken thing, which was finally coming apart. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

With her back flippers, she began digging the hole that would become the womb of her offspring. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, he can tell the cops are suspicious, but he knows that to dig deeper, they would need a warrant. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Every kid in the world wants to dig a great big hole," said X-Ray. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The first months, Esteban Trueba was so busy channeling water, digging wells, removing stones, clearing pastures, and repairing the chicken coops and stables that he had no time to think about anything. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uniformed soldiers dig clams and launch missiles, pick apples and build irrigation canals, market mushrooms and supervise the export of knockoff Nintendo games. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that’s awful,” I gasped, and imitated Mr. Huffer’s sad face, but inside I was thinking, Great, this will get me out of digging. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dad digs in his pocket with his free hand. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"When I first came here and saw the suffering and ruin, it nearly broke my heart. A once-great city flattened, and the people digging in the mud like dogs. I could hardly bear it." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He looked at the shovel and couldn't help but think that he might need it to dig a grave. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He digs in, and she has to avert her eyes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nel began a more strenuous digging and, rising to her knee, was careful to scoop out the dirt as she made her hole deeper. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I dig my fingernails into my palm, trying to stop the trembling as I turn away from him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And when I explained that she had found it while digging for cinquefoil root—which we used on open sores—he seemed quite interested. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

For shoes, I dig out a pair of old leather slippers from the back of my closet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She went from high school to digging trenches, then escorted other citizens to shelter during Leningrad’s long siege of bombing and starvation. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was a long e-mail, digging, questioning, unearthing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

You can tell a lot about a man by the trench he digs for himself Some are shallow and clumpy. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was worried about the babies, though, about their parents scrambling to find new, safe places to line their nests, dig their burrows, hide their winter stashes of acorns. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When he lay at full length on the ground, Aurelia would sometimes sit astride him and dig her hands into the fur along his neck, kneading him to make him purr. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her left shoulder hurts, strap digging into bone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I say as I dig inside my pocket. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After five days of digging, we were finally rewarded with the sound of a pick hitting cast iron. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Um,” I say, digging the toe of my shoe into the track. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Now, she was digging a hole with a stick. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Already Mrs. L. J. Weidenbach was over at the cashier, peeling off five-dollar bills as fast as she could dig them out of her pocketbook. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“These storms will dig them up sometimes. Just replant them is all.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps it’s just as well we wait, then. Tomorrow at sundown is Fortuna’s Feast. By then, we must invade— Amazons or no. In the meantime, dig in! We set up camp here, on high ground.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

You don’t make digs about my dad to them either. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His hand went under her vest, his fingers digging painfully into her breast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At one time in his life he had been a little overweight, but all his digging and sweating had long since burned away any excess fat. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

While the teacher is digging through his drawers to find the attendance list, she taps my shoulder and shows me a book on her desk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Our job was to dig out this tree, roots and everything, in front of a huge house that’s still under construction. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rats dig inside pails, eat through plastic bags. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Grandpop rushed for the can, thrusting his arms in, frantically digging. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“He still chose a country over us,” she said, digging her fingers past her plaited braids into her scalp. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The rats now commenced to dig busily at the dirt on top of and around Mrs. Frisby’s cinder block. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Soon every man who could find a shovel was outside digging frenziedly for oil. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Oaks grow from the occasional acorn that a squirrel forgets to dig up. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Entire, streets are in ruins, and it will take a while for them to dig out all the bodies. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When the job is done, the villagers walk away to the next hut to dig the next grave. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The banging and the digging go on the rest a the afternoon. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ents and Huorns were digging great pits and trenches, and making great pools and dams, gathering all the waters of the Isen and every other spring and stream that they could find. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

For five full strokes, all seven boats stayed absolutely abreast of one another, their crews digging hard. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ivy asked, but she didn’t wait for June to answer before she was up and digging through her messenger bag for her yellow notebook. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She digs into a small bag of sunflower seeds and spits out the shells on the ground next to the stoop. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

ALL down the ridge they were digging in, all around the crest of the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey blushed and glanced at the trampled grass under her feet like she was considering digging a deep hole and crawling into it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She digs for a moment and then pulls out her sunglasses. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I spend most of this first morning pretending to dig around in the garbage bins. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But it would have achieved little, digging up the dirt of yesterday. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He’ll break if we start pulling. Let’s be patient and dig some more. It’s better if we keep digging.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My sister and I stopped digging, and we waited expectantly alongside, our mouths drooling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Art and Archaeology was reassuring to them: I could veer off in the archaeology direction and take to digging things up, which was more serious. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We have eaten everything that is edible, from rotten leaves on the ground to the roots we dig up. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt to dig out a spot with his hands in the mossy earth. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Then later we’ll put the heavy rake on your tractor and dig up all the roots.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She digs into her pale pink pocket and replaces my saturated tissue with a new one. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His face is flushed from digging up the ground under the windows. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Many of them came straight from digging defensive trenches, carrying only a small bag of essential items with them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Akira grabbed her hand and started digging into it with his nails. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He spat on his hands and he began to dig the trench into which the first stones would go. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When we got to the trap, Wishbone was digging at the ground beside the wire like he was trying to dig a hole clear through to China. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She pulled David toward her again, her fingers digging into the leather of his jacket The cold, her aching muscles, the awful thing she had just learned, all of it just made this feeling stronger. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We also dig up sassafras root to ship back to England. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He looked at the large piles of dirt near where X-Ray was digging. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

If l become one, I hope you all will be fortunate enough to dig me up. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He digs into a pile of scrambled eggs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She stood and began digging her fingers into the dirt trickling through the broken shelves. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A little digging and a lot of bribes had yielded the where and when of their departure—intelligence that had proved faulty. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Harry’s fists were clenched, the nails digging deep into his palms. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“The Baron must dig up from under the snow. I wonder where he puts what he digs? Well, I guess I’ll know in the morning.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I planted a potato seed. It was supposed to be a potato. But nobody picked it when it was time to dig potatoes. Everybody missed it.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Thomas crashed to the ground; he felt a grave marker dig into his back before it snapped in two, burning a deep scratch along his flesh. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was examining the fence and the way the wire was buried underground so animals could not crawl or dig under it, when from the corner of his eye he saw something move. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

After digging all day, he didn't have the strength to try to teach Zero to read and write. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When he received a favorable report from Folsom, he dispatched a work crew to dig out the bones. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He digs into one and retrieves a bent cigarette. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

By the time he finished covering another sack with roses, he was as excited as a little boy digging worms to go fishing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"Cave-man's doing Zero a big favor. Zero likes to dig holes." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I grasp a handful of shirt and the four points of my grandmother’s crucifix dig into my palm. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as the three humans were gone, he scurried back to the fence to finish digging his escape tunnel. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

With her claws digging into the mountain soil, she braced herself, and started pulling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the briefest of moments I imagine clearing away the rock and digging a pond to grow water lilies and red bog flowers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

If he wanted to dig it out, he’d have to do that himself. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Royal counted off six paces and started digging. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He paused, watched the men around him moving into motion, men mounting on horses, cannon moving past and swinging into position, the artillery people beginning to dig trenches alongside the guns. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m calling Sheriff Ocasek. When word of this gets out, we’ll need security to protect our dig from souvenir hunters. This is going to be big news!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When we’re standing in front of my car, I dig through my bag clumsily until I find the keys. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After digging through what looked like hundreds of papers, he came back to the living room. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She opened it and rooted through the contents with all the delicacy of a dog digging up a flower bed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

West Virginia’s Governor Homer Holt saw the writing on the wall: the choice was to integrate or, like its neighbor to the east, dig in and contest the ruling. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He bent down again to his digging, muttering to himself. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A shovel lay near it—he had been trying to dig it out. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the loner digs a well and a cesspool, and plants a small garden, but others transport their water in fifty-gallon oil drums. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out and touched the end of a muddy wooden stick, a digging tool of some kind, sitting next to a small wooden hoe beside me on the boat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t mind the work — digging the pits grinding the oak bark smearing the hides with dung. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Ash tried to back away but Ana reached out and grabbed her wrist, digging her nails into Ash’s skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three people, working on an archaeological dig in the blazing sun, smiling together for the camera. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Armpit and Squid, you will keep digging where you have been," she said. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I mean—not that you have small pants that would fit me”—digging a deeper hole for myself—“I mean, the pajama pants keep falling off—” I’m a very good digger. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The first thing I do is dig out my own glasses and put them on, which relaxes me a little, to have at least one of my hunter's senses working. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was still clinging to it, both of her own arms wrapped around it as though she meant to dig in her heels and wrestle Skathis for him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Looking down, Harry saw Hagrid digging energetically in front of his cabin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She digs into a pocket and presses 10 pesos into Enrique’s hand. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I offer, which only serves to dig me in deeper. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My dad digging under the couch cushions for dimes. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and dig this. To show how much he cares about the ocean, he offers to throw a big fund-raising benefit for the Save the Reef Foundation on the Coral Queen.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Natalie paces back and forth in front of the window, digging at her collarbone with her chin. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Detective Rariden greeted me at the door and steered me into his office, his fingers digging into my shoulder. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had wisdom enough to understand that digging holes in Colorado was not such a bad assignment in wartime. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Sir Fig Newton jumped up onto all fours, his claws digging through my shirt and clamping into my skin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I squeezed the shell and felt it dig into the pad of skin on my palm. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a straw shoulder bag on a hanger, and Felicia digs with her broken fingernails for clues. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day the baby was born, I spied, in the dead of night, midwives, under a cloak of great secrecy, digging small holes near the house. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since 1990, when Dr. Strayer had begun digging into the issue of driving and attention/distraction, he’d studied the subject from numerous angles, amassing a host of papers on various nuances. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He would just have to dig along every inch of pipe. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“A quarter,” she said, digging it out of the pocket of her pedal pushers. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

However much he loved us, he couldn’t live with the madness in our Queens home, preferring to keep his old digs at 478 Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hard enough to dig through the page, maybe to scar the desk beneath. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You saw. It was digging at that wall long before we ever got here.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I began to dig around, throwing stuff out the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hazel looked down and began to dig her foot into the ground. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sadly, the monsters seemed to be digging themselves out more quickly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Jake, who is still holding on to my elbow, gently tugs at my arm, a warning that I’m digging a deeper hole for myself. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Neither did your grandma. I bet that’s why she never sold the house here. She probably had it in her head that she was coming back to dig up the rest of the city.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had no job, for he regarded digging ditches for fifty cents a day as slavery. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You should be glad I’m not turning you in to Crosby. I’m doing you a favor, letting you dig yourself out of this mess.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Alongside Jason's mug shot, in fact! We can dig it out after dinner." Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“When he said Abby’ and ‘dead,”’—my voice cracks, and I dig my fingers into the cool marble of the counter—“like it was no big deal, I just...” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Poppy stayed home reading the newspaper or digging in the garden. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as he digs furrows in the pillow with his head. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They were knifing their oars into the water rather than digging into it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He envisioned digging down to the first reasonably firm layer of clay, known as hard-pan, and there spreading a pad of concrete nearly two feet thick. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Now we shall try a new way. You and I will read these pleasant little marchen together, and dig no more in that dry book, that goes in the corner for making us trouble.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Pa and saw that the hole he’d been digging was gone. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

In order not to have to dig a great hole, we decided to bury the manuscript in three separate places. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It so severely overran the town that there weren’t enough men well enough to dig the graves of those who had died. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slamming him back against the mast, he squeezed till the Yunkishman’s face turned as black as the fingers digging into his flesh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A hand grabbed his shoulder, five fingers hard as iron digging deep into his flesh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I took out my spoon and began to dig. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have to dig long before they hit something solid, and soon a metal box was revealed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Wheezing and whistling, Hen Wen was digging furiously in the soft earth at the far side of the pen, burrowing so rapidly she would soon be out. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then, as though he had found some answer, he flashed me a magnificent smile, leaned hard against me and whispered, “I bet you dig this, daddy.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grit my teeth and hold on as hard as I can, digging my heels into the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I drop my bag on the table and dig around inside for Daddy’s notebook. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

As the Russians advanced, his Hitler Youth battalion was sent to dig trenches at the front line, now just thirty miles east of Berlin. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias had begun digging furiously at the wall with his sword point. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

So after whistling my dog out of the garden, where he was digging a hole to lay in and get cool, I went by the Predmore house to find Pink. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Diallo reached the inside door and grabbed the doorknob with his left hand while, as the officers would later testify, turning his body sideways and “digging” into his pocket with his other hand. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Like him, I’d seen screechers digging near blue willow roots now and then. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Zero had been helping him dig his hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In my room, I dig through my drawer for my swim trunks. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The place was made for us. There’s dirt just an inch or two under the floor. We can dig a bunker, maybe, beneath the boards, for when someone comes to the door.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Behind the pesthouse by lantern light men were digging a hurried grave. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But lately, the mask has started fighting back, forcing the melding process by digging tiny filaments into the back of my neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, letting his fingers dig into her waist. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to dig a hole in Pachamama and scream all of my rage and humiliation into her body. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He stood up and stepped down from the porch onto the desert—for his back yard, except for the shed where he kept his digging tools, teas the desert. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

They would dig a foxhole and get the board out and play long, silent games as the sky went from pink to purple. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather dig in the garbage heaps with the rats for my meals. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He digs into a drawer and pulls out a whole bunch of papers. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then one day I passed it—and someone was digging. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The wire’s on a peg and the peg’s in the ground—there, look. We’ve got to dig it out. Come on—dig beside it.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was digging through her drawers and saying how stupid all her clothes were, even the good things, but I didn't listen because I was trying to figure out what to do. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And it felt like a knife was digging into my heart. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

His fingers stopped their tapping and curled until he felt the fingernails digging into the flesh of his palm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

June makes a strangled noise, and when he looks back up, she’s digging through the top drawer of her dresser. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

More than one family has forgotten their arguments when it came time to divide the tah dig. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“We dig them and polish them right here,” volunteered the Dodecahedron, pointing to a group of workers busily employed at the buffing wheels; “and then we send them all over the world. Marvelous, aren’t they?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She left to supervise the second part of the dig, two hundred yards away, on the other side of the highway. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jason, Hazel, and Frank had returned to the scene of the catastrophe, hoping to dig through the rubble and find a way to save Percy and Annabeth, but they’d come back demoralized. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The man couldn't understand him and finally went back to digging. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a teenager, Nguyen found odd jobs to do for the Americans on the nearby base, digging ditches and fixing potholes in roads. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I dig into my pocket and hand him his Pennsylvania driver’s license. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He always felt awkward while Zero was digging his hole, unsure of what to do with himself. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I dig for flesh and bone and maybe, if there is one, for a soul. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was enough for me to dig my fingernails into the skin of my thighs and squeeze my eyes shut until the nausea passed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was on her hands and knees digging in her flower garden and obviously enjoying herself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Outside were Golgotha sounds of strong men digging holes for upright timbers in hard, hard ground. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you dig the pubic lice out of the soaps.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had Farhad and Muhsin dig a deep hole a hundred yards outside the circle of willows and built an outhouse over it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I said I hoped it would be something better than digging up cast-iron pipes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once, in the Midst of it, I saw Prince; he was engaged in digging. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Take Fifteen Steps to Better Writing to the west then turn around and dig," I whispered. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Gagging sporadically, the volunteer patiently scraped out the corpses, cooked up another sugar solution, and rehung the feeder, although already he was beginning to despair of ever attracting a hummingbird to his humble, accursed digs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With some digging, we could get a broad geological history. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped up and went to the door and began digging under the tarp and the blankets piled in the cart. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

"You're not looking for anything. You're digging to build character. It's just if you find anything, the Warden would like to know about it." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

You could dig almost anywhere on it and see the like. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The gnome under the rhododendron was now digging for worms at its roots, and Harry kept his eyes fixed upon it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Look here, Horse," he said, "if you don't buck up, do you know what I'll do? I'll dig my heels into you. I really will." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The thing to do now was to dig out in front of the wheels, put in brush so that the chains could grip, and then push until the car was on the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

With her hands, she would dig a hole in the damp clay of the lakebed. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for doing our digging, kids,” chuckled Mr. Huxley. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed his digging rate, poking the soft clay gently until his fingers breached the tunnel wall. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I set my plate down, glance at my manure-stained hands, wipe them on my pants, and, finding them no cleaner, dig into my food anyway. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Someone flushed so much pot down one of the toilets in the sculpture studio they had to get somebody in from the Water Department to dig up the septic tank. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I dig my hand in again, the dirt here so much blacker than back home. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It was a lot of digging. But check out my arms!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had taught her to dig geoducks, and they had dug them for four summers, but in the end she’d surpassed him in it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I feel dizzy and nauseated, but I am still able to stand, and so I help to drag the bodies outside the fort and dig graves. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was the first battle of my war against the letter s, and I was determined to dig my foxhole before the sun went down. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

His hand was very thin, with long, bony fingers digging into Kingshaw’s forearm. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson said that the marines had done the bulk of it in the past but that they were digging in up north to establish positions for the Tet truce. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch them all dig deep into jeans pockets and shrug at each other. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I dig my toes into it deep and feel a great surge of greenness inside myself, as though I were a growing plant. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to dig up the tubers of the Solomon’s seal from a big garden of them on the other side of the gorge. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this chapter, I want to try to dig deeper into why that’s the case by looking at the outlier in its purest and most distilled form—the genius. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

If it was a success any number of men were willing to dig down to put money in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dig into my pocket and hand my mom the crumpled note. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to drop the stick and run too, but I went on digging roots because they were needed in the village. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly’s fingers closed around the object that had been digging into her ankle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And me saying that was like taking a heavy cat, a lion, off my back—digging the claws out—and shoving it along with the other cat right back in Darryl's mouth. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even when we bring in a candle we can’t find them because they dig holes everywhere and we don’t know where to look. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

After digging through piles of old books, they’d quickly make their purchase. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I dig in my pocketbook and pull out some red lipstick from Murphy’s Drugstore. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pacheco’s back ached from all that digging in the damp earth along the ditch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guilt digs its claws into me, but if I go home, confessing my lie before figuring out some astonishingly clever next steps, I’ll be under total house arrest until I turn eighteen in June. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Hooper had got his penknife out and was digging his initials into a slab of stone. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He worked on his knees, cutting away the wire at ground level, where it continued under the surface six inches deep to discourage coyotes and wolves from digging under it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t mean to hurt your feelings. Was it something I said? The rubbings, they’re for a local history project, it’s not as if I’m, you know, digging up bones or anything.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, digging my hands into the grass and tugging at the blades to pull them free. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

So she knew the annoying little brats were going to go digging for Dog Breath’s booty that very night. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been digging,” I said, which of course he had already seen. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I watched him and learned from him, digging and planting and making things grow. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you don’t want to dig deeper, then.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The leg holes cut into my hips and the straps dig into my shoulders. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Later, she would pack up the cookies in her burlap sack, she would dig in her imaginary garden with the worms and the praying mantises and the dog. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There were photographs of people digging, people scraping dirt off of bones. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I feel his fingers dig into my skin, his blue eyes, pulled to sharp pinpoints, like an animal’s, adrenaline driven, hungry for nothing else but destruction, empty of self and others. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

We knew we had to dig it big and deep. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what she meant—was this some dig at our clothes, at Hampden College, did she want to see our IDs? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each time he went AWOL, he was caught and sentenced to dig and fill up holes six feet deep, wide and long for a specified length of time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

For the next week and a half, the boys continued to dig in and around the area where X-Ray had supposedly found the gold tube. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Instead he plans to dig a tunnel down there, into the side of the hole, and to get up and down to it by a rope ladder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Along with being an unkind dig at astronomers, this tells us a bit about the methods of the natural sciences as against math. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The digging was easy and although they often broke off to feed or merely to sit in the sun, before midday Hazel was out of sight and tunneling between the tree roots. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father is digging into the chow mein, which still sits in an oversize aluminum pan surrounded by little plastic packets of soy sauce. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ignore them, ignore the soreness in my arms from digging a grave only a night before, ignore the sting of the wound through my palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mornings after heavy snowfall we might have to spend some while digging out the tent and sledge before we could set off. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They will dig away the earth from under the bodies of small creatures, such as shrew mice and fallen fledglings, and then lay their eggs on them before covering them with soil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I dig your game but I don’t dig your attitude,” Nick said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie climbs up to my shoulders and digs his hands into my sides, trying to tickle me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Sean helped her hill the potato plants so that they didn’t get sunburned and helped her dig up the tubers once the vines died. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Keeps us in shape during football season, and it turns out girls around here really dig male cheerleaders. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wallace, he’s so flustered he just digs in his money drawer and gives Judd change for a twenty, and afterward I thought what did Andrew Jackson have to do with it? Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe a memorial. I don’t think you can dig a grave in this earth.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

You can’t dig up a mushroom to study it because the mycelium is too tiny and delicate. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The soles of my shoes pick up lots of little cactus needles as I walk, and mom has to dig them out with tweezers when I get home. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Who said anything about tunneling, fox? I only mentioned digging.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then, using my shield as a shovel, I began to dig. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He found Jean there, kneeling by her flower bed, digging with a trowel. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I dig into my bag for my phone and see that it's five o'clock already. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As they dig, they turn the compost over and air it out. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A question rose in her mind, digging claws into her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I think about this for a minute, digging my spoon around the ice cream carton to find the biggest chocolate chips. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mud oozes between my toes, and I visualize a million leeches crawling up my legs and digging their suckers into my skin. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Then I would carefully dig out the plant, taking care not to let the steel of the shovel touch the tender roots. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And mounds of earth, as if someone had been digging for potatoes or carrots, though I didn’t see anything like that growing here. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Most of the time they were in the desert, with only a shovel to dig the sand and a wad of coca in their mouths to keep them alive. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ninety dollars was more than he made in two days of digging. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“But wait a second—why didn’t your uncle or one of those other ancestors dig up the treasure if they all knew where it was hidden?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bear the thought of living in that shack, digging holes for months, and trying to avoid the commander. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Unlike other forms of Internet overinvestment, it was permanent: Once the fiber cables were laid, no one was going to dig them up and thereby eliminate the overcapacity. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

She resumed digging, and presently she excavated the package— square, wrapped in thick brown paper and tied with a strong cord. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the rotten plank is stubborn, and I have to leave off the pry bar and dig out the screws that hold it to the ribs. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But after a while the birds got used to the digging, resettled upon their freckled eggs, and hatched out ten thousand little killdeer that scurried around Cleofes Apodaca’s pit peeping hysterically. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take these down and dig through my desk until I come up with a stack of brightly colored Post- its. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Soon as we do our digging,” Sairy said, “I’ll go on back to the hospital. Tiller will be sorry he missed this, though.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If I want to watch men dig holes to fall into, I’ll find myself a cemetery.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Besides, even an old ladle with a broken handle might be used later for scooping ashes from the fire or digging up cattail roots on a fetch. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Without even bothering to put his glove back on, he began digging the icy snow under Kevin’s head and under the tree branch, so he could pull Kevin out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Zero was the smallest kid in Group D, but he was the first one to finish digging. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He sees Vilonia Kline gently lay the shirt down on the ground and then walk back down into the hole as they continue to dig around her. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He was afraid that the only way to get to it was to start back up at the surface, and dig down. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The swales and small hills soon hid the officers from us, and us from them, but I felt very anxious about digging up a grave when they were on the island. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I dig out a one-piece that she’s had since swim class in sixth grade, holding it up to her with a smirk. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She shouldn’t trust anyone who steals money from their family, begs friends for change, and digs through her couch just to support her drug habit. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’s told Pedrito about our plan and he’s already found a spot among his cacao where he’s going to dig a hole for us to bury our box. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they dig through those ashes and come up missing eleven bodies, they’ll know we escaped. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Andrew Yee, an eighth grader whose mother works with Dad at the dinosaur dig, takes my arm and starts leading me out of the atrium. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He auctioned off his roosters to the highest bidder, recruited men, bought tools, and set about the awesome task of breaking stones, digging canals, clearing away rapids, and even harnessing waterfalls. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Anyone digging in such a place must have had good reason to think that the treasure was buried there. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Why do you come to lecture me? I’m glad you’ve come, but why do you dig into me?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His shoulder was beginning to fester from the gnawing and digging that the R.O.U.S.s had done into his flesh. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He lay and closed his eyes and felt the claws of the bird, digging into his skin, through the thin shirt, and began to scream in a queer, gasping sort of way. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Like when someone’s been slopping pigs or digging around sewer lines. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t wait to dig into the interview. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When I visited an old plantation called Taperinha, site of an earlier Anna Roosevelt dig, the man at the tiller abruptly turned the boat straight into the forest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Chicks dig a dude who’s sporting the latest eggplant turtleneck styles. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time I lifted my feet, the veins in them tightened and I felt the sand particles digging into my bleeding soles. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ve asked the Taliban for money to dig a new well more times than I remember and they just twirl their rosaries and tell me there is no money. No money.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They also dig underground bomb shelters that can hold as many as one thousand people. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

So I don’t pull my arm away, I let his fingers dig into my flesh and I try to speak clearly and calmly. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when the traces of human occupation ceased, they kept digging down. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my fork and started digging in. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I see them dig a hole underneath the hut of the dead family and cringe as they push the bodies into the hole. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba digs his fingers into my shoulder to hold me safe. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the raids, the reason they were in the yard digging. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The zmeyok hung on to his horn, digging its teeth in viciously. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sapiens could dig up delicious truffles and hunt down woolly mammoths, but domesticating either species was out of the question. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dig my fingers into the dirt and squeeze. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a cloud of dust moving across the wasteland and noticed that the other boys had stopped digging and were watching it, too. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I think Ms. Caldwell would have had us digging all the way to the other side of the world if the mayor hadn’t stopped us.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z