hole in
Frequency: 9.045.0 per million words
indicates where the hole is located (e.g., a hole in the wall)
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Examples (10)
- The missile had torn a jagged hole in the side of the ship.
- He had worn a hole in the knee of his favorite jeans.
- After losing weight, I had to punch a new hole in my belt.
- The builders will patch the hole in the wall tomorrow.
- There's a small hole in the roof that leaks when it rains.
- My little toe is poking through a hole in my sock.
- The rabbit escaped through a hole in the fence.
- They frantically tried to plug the hole in the bottom of the boat.
- The child carefully cut a hole in the center of the paper.
- Scientists are monitoring the growing hole in the ozone layer.