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Meanings of be honeycomb in English

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Usage of be honeycomb in English
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The state was honeycombed and mined; society was a tangle of plots.
Animal Heroes
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The cliffs opposite the ancient Egyptian capitals are honeycombed with sepulchral cells.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
3
There were barbed-wire entanglements everywhere, and every field was honeycombed with trenches.
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
4
Of these, thirty are to replace guns that are honeycombed, or split.
The Tiger of Mysore: A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib
5
I saw caverns, open, widened tunnels, as though this mountain were honeycombed.
Beyond the Vanishing Point
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We found water; the mountain was honeycombed with underground streams; but no food.
Under the Andes
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Well, the place seems to be honeycombed with ways in and ways out.
The Wharf by the Docks: A Novel
8
The interior space was honeycombed with holes made by the shells.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17
9
In brief, the whole Russian bureaucracy was honeycombed by German influence.
Bolshevism: The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy
10
The Supreme Court, the living voice of the Constitution, was honeycombed with graft.
The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life
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The whole country-side is honeycombed with hiding-places; it's like a rabbit-warren.
The Lost Valley
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The very ground underneath us was honeycombed with intrigues and conspiracies.
In the Valley
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The whole city, he decided, must be honeycombed with these drains.
Star Born
14
His court, like every other Oriental court, was honeycombed with intrigues against him.
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III
15
The floor of the church is honeycombed with graves scooped out of the rock.
In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
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Now, there are dozens of catacombs; the environs of Rome are honeycombed with them.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2