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How to use foxhole in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Foxhole means the burrow in the ground where a fox lives. Example: “We had to dig out our foxhole while under fire.”

Examples of foxhole by meaning

nounA small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.

  • The statement made during the Second World War that “there are no atheists in foxholes” is absurd.1962, Hoxie Neale Fairchild, Religious Trends in English Poetry: 1880-1920: Gods of a Changing Poetry, Columbia University Press, page 378
  • Lo, returning from a strike, land at the Dulag Airstrip and are promptly handed carbines, given a foxhole, and told to help repel a Japanese infantry counterattack.2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 36:27 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov...

verbTo dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging.

  • Trogh and Charlie have started foxholing one corner of our tent, and I helped them a little.1985, Luther H. Wolff, Forward surgeon: the diary of Luther H. Wolff, M.D., page 70
  • The line was not foxholed in.1988, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, A. L. Marshall, Ambush: The Battle of Dau Tieng, page 43

More sentences with foxhole

  • We had to dig out our foxhole while under fire.From the entry dig out
  • " But Founder Daniels figured his foxhole gag might be a good idea.1947 March 10, “Shady Business”, in Time. From the entry blue-bearded
  • The local drink had suffered badly at the hands of beer, cheap shōchūs and foreign spirits, and many makers were hunkered down in their foxholes, hoping only to survive.2011, Chris Bunting, “Urizun (Okinawa)”, in Drinking Japan: A Guide to Japan’s Best Drinks and Drinking Establishments, North Clarendon…. From the entry shōchū
  • Actually, the work became one of personal pride, and each dirtful was carefully laid on the side of the hole until there was a pretty good foxhole being dug.2000, Alfred Shands, Border crossing: connecting the secular and the sacred, page 88. From the entry dirtful
  • Total Distribution System (TDS) - a multiproponent program designed to examine the entire distribution process and develop a distribution system with asset visibility and control from factory to foxhole.1993, Quartermaster Professional Bulletin, page 44. From the entry multiproponent
  • A varying percentage of our combat soldiers reach the limit of their endurance and must leave their foxholes, not for physical wounds but because of emotional decompensation.1945 May, William C. Menninger, “The Mentally or Emotionally Handicapped Veteran”, in Annals of the American Academy of Political and…. From the entry decompensation

Meaning of foxhole

  1. noun The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
  2. noun A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
  3. verb To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging.

Full definition of foxhole

Questions about foxhole in a sentence

How do you use foxhole in a sentence?
Foxhole is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We had to dig out our foxhole while under fire.”
What is a short sentence with foxhole?
“The line was not foxholed in.”
What does foxhole mean?
Foxhole means the burrow in the ground where a fox lives.

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