How to Use divot in a Sentence

divot

noun

• The guy at the bar had said that the top of the trail was marked by a divot where the rock is worn like a V.
  — Amy Ragsdale, Outside Online, 18 June 2019
• The bullet made a small rip in my jeans and cut a divot out of my leg.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2019
• There was a divot left by the blast, and just a few feet away there is still some blood on the ground.
  — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2018
• The grounds crew must love it, many fewer divots and pesky ball marks to fix on the greens.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• If the stem is missing, or there are deep divots in the skin, the squash may be well past ripe.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
• Make little divots in the greens, which will be like nests for your eggs.
  — Emma Wartzman, Bon Appetit, 4 May 2018
• Round with a divot in the center, donut beds are great for dogs who like the snuggle.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• Place the balls of dough on the pan, create a divot in the center, then spoon in some compote.
  — Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
• Her tee shot, striped down the middle of the fairway, landed in a divot.
  — Tyson Alger For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2022
• One inch by one inch, the perfectly square blocks of ice slip out of the rubbery divots with a push of the thumb.
  — Adam Rapoport, Bon Appetit, 24 May 2017
• Keep in Mind This weeder can leave holes or divots in your grass.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
• The Canyon crawls over moon-like divots and craters like a little monkey.
  — Josh Max, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
• Using a small spoon or a pastry bag, fill the divots with lemon curd. 8.
  — Karoline Boehm Goodnick, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
• Hedstrom lost control of his bike after the front tire hit a divot in the road.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2020
• Joysticks have the same construction, in terms of a smooth divot and a ridged edge, and the same tension.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2020
• The tread on these shoes has many divots to help grip the ground, making the Challenger a great shoe for hiking as well.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
• And the walls on either side of me looked like golf balls, all these divots carved by the wave action and melting.
  — Jill Heinerth, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
• Then the pork is chopped on a cutting board that has a giant divot from years of chopping.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 9 Aug. 2017
• Golfers mistake you for a divot and keep stomping you into the turf.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• Decrease heat to medium-low and use spoon to make little divots in the sauce, one per egg.
  — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• For a rustic look, use the tip of your thumb to create a small divot in the center of each cookie, and then fill the hole with a spoon.
  — Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
• The pavement is pocked with softball-sized divots that could trip up a walker or a stroller wheel.
  — Sammy Caiola, sacbee.com, 12 June 2017
• The crowd erupted in cheers, while Johnson simply smiled and used his shoe to tamp down the corners of his divot.
  — Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times, 3 May 2017
• Nice to get back to real football for a change.’ From hash to hash, nothing but loose divots.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 6 Dec. 2013
• As Murcia fought to free the aircraft, one of its wheels hit a divot, tilting the plane so much that the propeller bumped the ground.
  — Longreads, 1 Feb. 2024
• The small tip on the Duplicolor paint pen was easy to control and made filling the divot easy.
  — Paul Wright, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2020
• Use a spoon to create 5 divots in filling and crack an egg into each.
  — Ignacio Mattos, Bon Appetit, 23 Apr. 2018
• After taking a chunk of turf on a shot, golfers should fill the divot with sand and then smooth the sand so it’s even with the surrounding grass.
  — Steve Waters, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 May 2017
• A divot in the mound where his right leg was landing on the mound was concerning him during his warmup.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 17 July 2017
• Each one is unique, with its own divots, texture, and color.
  — Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025