With the continuous movement, the hole deepened and sawdust from the soft wood accumulated.

The hole deepened to a foot, then two.

The hole deepened, moving from dry sand into wet.

Dust filled the air, and a pile of rubble formed about him as the hole deepened.

The hole that the Jets stumbled into in the first week of the season deepened this afternoon.

Slowly, with an almost impossible effort, the hole deepened.

Hours passed as he worked in slow motion, but the hole deepened, and soon he could feel the moisture with his fingers.

Some are more dangerous at high water: the waves build, the holes deepen.

He poured cupfuls of dirt to the side and his hole deepened.

But though we worked slowly, the hole steadily deepened.