How to Use ditch in a Sentence

ditch

1 of 2 noun
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  • He drove the car into the ditch.
  • The pickup truck came to a rest in a ditch, the sheriff said.
    — Will McDuffie, ABC News, 12 May 2023
  • Her body was found on Nov. 18 – covered by black plastic bags in a ditch near a lake in the foothills of the Alps.
    — Giada Zampano, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The truck driver swerved to avoid a crash and rolled into a ditch on the opposite side of the road.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
  • Andrews made his last-ditch effort, a dive, 30 yards from the end zone.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Use a rake or broom to keep debris out of the road and away from storm drains, ditches, and streams.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
  • At the top, the driver took a wide turn and ran off the road into a 3-foot ditch obscured by plants.
    — Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2023
  • That deputy arrived at 11 p.m., and the deputies then noticed the truck beginning to back out of the ditch.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 28 June 2023
  • After pulling his car out of the ditch, the police released the driver.
    — Courtney Testa, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The water in the ditch next to the road was violently thrashing back and forth like in a storm.
    — Eyad Kourdi With Ivana Kottasova, CNN, 6 Feb. 2023
  • And death finally came to him, in a ditch on the island of Ie Shima in April 1945.
    — David Shribman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • The mangled hull of a tank, its turret pointing lamely toward the sky, lay in a ditch by the side of the road.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The driver fled, crashed his car into a ditch and tried to escape on foot.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the fires were in ditches, though some spread into nearby corn fields.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • McQueen’s father ran for safety and hid in a ditch for hours.
    — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Beaudette's car left the road towards and came to a stop in a ditch, while Murphy's car was left disabled in the northbound lane.
    — Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The metaphor applies to the opera’s theme of fate but also the production itself, which starts off shaky and winds up in a ditch.
    — Vulture, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Police were dispatched to the area of Bellus and Ridge roads at 5:38 p.m. Jan. 3 regarding a car in a ditch.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
  • When the bear pops back up, just inches from the tiny calves, the cow emerges from the ditch, stomps its hooves violently near the bear’s head, and the video cuts out.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
  • The resident was found in a ditch a quarter of a mile from the facility.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The last ditch effort was to put her on dialysis to try to clean the acid and the white blood cells to help provide healthy blood to all of her organs.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Their bodies were later found, beaten and riddled with bullets, in a ditch by the road.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • This could be a last-ditch effort for Washington and their playoff hopes.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The Hyundai had come under fire near the coal mine, sending him careering into a ditch.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • If attacked by a bear: Get low, possibly into a rut or a ditch.
    — Kye Graves, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • During a battle with the Moabites, God told the Israelites to catch floodwater in ditches.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Robert Jones, the man who said deputies rammed a stick down his throat, arrived at the jail with a swollen and mud-streaked face after deputies beat him and threw him into a ditch.
    — Nate Rosenfield Rory Doyle For The New York Times, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Tunnels, very large drainage ditches, things that could not be secured.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The men were found fighting in a roadside ditch and both sustained minor injuries.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The remains were found in a field off of Day Street, about a quarter mile away from where the vehicle was found in a ditch, according to the captain.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
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ditch

2 of 2 verb
  • The thief ditched the purse in an alley.
  • They ditched the car in a vacant lot.
  • They ditched me at the concert.
  • The days of ditching it all to hop on the next flight seemed long gone.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 17 July 2023
  • And he’s been known to ditch his iPhone for a flip phone for stretches at a time.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Or ditch the devices and brush up on rules for the I Spy road trip game.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
  • In the hours before his car was ditched, Logan’s phone had gone on a road trip.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 21 June 2023
  • The steep fall is a sign that investors are ditching the Hong Kong dollar.
    — Laura He, CNN, 13 June 2023
  • These film school grads ditched studio jobs for YouTube and TikTok.
    — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Roy engineered it so that the train would ditch the engine.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • Be prepared to ditch your falsies, as this one five-star fan wrote: ‘So thankful for this serum!
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The next, we’re being told to ditch our bags because of a return to baggy pants and big pockets.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Sure, Jem’s surname may be slightly on the nose, but in the end, there can be no doubt this young Starling needs to ditch her flock and fly the nest.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • Roughly six months before my bat mitzvah, ALL of my friends ditched me in one fell swoop.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Visitors just might have to ditch their cars in favor of snowshoes or skis.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The shooter was wearing a bulletproof vest during some of the exchange but then ditched it, as well, Hebbe said.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 17 May 2023
  • But even as some call for a new election – which would be Israel’s sixth in just four years – many are not prepared to ditch Netanyahu.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Rooted in Oakland no longer, the A’s finally ditched their slogan this week.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Scott Baio is ditching Tinseltown for the Sunshine State.
    — USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
  • The actress also ditched her glasses for the red carpet and swept her hair back into an updo.
    — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Old-school golf trips were a handy way to ditch the spouse and fritter away a week with like-minded monomaniacs.
    — David Weiss, wsj.com, 4 May 2023
  • The deep sleepers can also ditch the clock and wear a wrist alarm, which pulses silently to wake a person up, instead.
    — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The new restaurant is three times the size of the old one, and the whole mood is different: the basement-brown has been ditched in favor of a palette of glossy white, black, and royal blue.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2023
  • For more on streaming, check out five reasons to ditch your video subscription and keep cable.
    — PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Anne Hathaway ditched the glitz and glam for her latest anniversary.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • But not every voyage went as-planned – if the seas were rough, crews would sometimes have to ditch their valuable cargo to lighten their load and keep the ship afloat.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • As for her footwear choice, Lopez ditched her signature platform heels for a sandal style that’s making a big comeback: the flip-flop.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Did families just ditch the second car now that some work from home, to put it all on just one luxury truck or SUV?
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Red Carpet host Elaine Welteroth also ditched her shoes.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Amazon The best way to ditch K-cups, this full-pot coffee maker can capably make single cups as well.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 12 July 2023

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