dig at somebody

Then in close and I dug at the body of the bag.

I had to dig deep at the start of the second set and managed to come back.

Throughout the night, the boy dug at the place he had chosen, but found nothing.

She tried not to dig at them with her nails.

With these hands he dug at the flesh of his face.

He dug for a moment at the rock with his knife point.

He began to dig wildly at the ground with his hands, then stopped.

I could no longer dig at the chair arm with my fingers.

The low entrance dug at the bottom of the back wall came into view.

He also dug at various places so that fresh earth could be seen everywhere.