shallow ditch
Frequency: 6.07.2 per million words
Used to describe a ditch that is not deep.
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Examples (10)
- The car swerved and ended up in a shallow ditch by the side of the road.
- We dug a shallow ditch to help with drainage in the garden.
- The children enjoyed jumping across the shallow ditch at the edge of the park.
- Water from the recent rain had collected in the shallow ditch.
- A shallow ditch ran along the fence line to carry away excess water.
- He stumbled and twisted his ankle in a shallow ditch hidden by long grass.
- The farmer created a series of shallow ditches for irrigating the crops.
- Compared to the canal, this was just a shallow ditch, barely a foot deep.
- To prevent flooding, a shallow ditch was excavated around the campsite.
- The ball rolled off the path and came to a stop in a muddy, shallow ditch.