Words similar to digging

Example sentences for: digging

How can you use “digging” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In 1893 after eleven years of digging, a channel 70 m (328 ft) deep, 25 m (85 ft) wide with 8 m (26 ft) of water opened for shipping, taking a single ship at a time between the two gulfs.
The Turkish government is digging mass graves, and Muslim clerics have suspended Islamic burial rules so that the country can dispose of corpses more quickly.
That is easy enough to follow, but digging a little deeper into the meaning of Christmas leads us to a strange anomaly.
The second thing is getting in there, digging so hard so that they understand completely and exactly what the facts are.
The act of gardening itself was joyous--rising early, smelling earth, getting dirty, getting scratches that I wore proudly, making compost, lugging, digging, and planting.