How to Use berm in a Sentence

berm

noun

• Also, build a 4- to 6-inch berm of soil at the edge of each root ball.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 June 2017
• These are oblong circuits of rollers and berms at the entrance to the park.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 14 Sep. 2017
• A large berm might prevent future slides from making it onto the road.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 25 May 2017
• The single tracks wind over bedrock, cobbled rock, rooty surfaces with lots of climbs, technical descents, berms, rustic bridges and boardwalks.
  — Mark Spezia, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2017
• The property would include a heavily landscaped berm along Main Street.
  — Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 12 June 2017
• The car continued up the berm in the meridian and became airborne, police determined.
  — Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2024
• The line of passage through a berm turn determines how quickly and efficiently the rider handles the obstacle laden straights.
  — Marty Pearl, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2017
• Berms separate the paddy into four sections to better control water levels.
  — Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2017
• So has Donald Jonas, of Overland Park, who successfully defended his berms of native grass and shrubs a few years ago.
  — Roxie Hammill, kansascity, 30 June 2017
• For a few months before the border closure, Syrians could climb over the berm to pick up supplies or get medical treatment from aid groups on the Jordanian side.
  — Karin Laub, The Seattle Times, 17 July 2017
• The Islamic State has fortified these areas, digging trenches and clogging streets with earthen berms in an attempt to delay Iraq’s final push.
  — Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 29 May 2017
• Add a mulch around the new plant to the edge of the berm.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• Get lots of sun at the back of the berm in right and left fields.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2022
• The soil would have had to be removed from the site and not be used in the berm.
  — Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 20 Nov. 2020
• On the right-field berm, pods will be painted on the grass.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2021
• Most of the roads have a bike lane, ‘sharrows,’ or wide berm.
  — John Pana, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2020
• If soil is dry, soak the plants and build a berm at the edge of the root ball to hold water.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2021
• Also, build a four- to six-inch berm of soil at the edge of each root ball.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2024
• When the dust cleared, Buryanov saw that the Ford had slammed into the berm on the right side of the road and rolled over.
  — Peter Flax, Outside Online, 15 May 2018
• Build berms at the edge of root balls of new trees and shrubs to direct water to the roots.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
• Keep the berms in place and give the azaleas extra care through next spring.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2017
• In the case of White Grass, a berm of snow forms along the fences, creating up to three miles of trail.
  — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
• The three-run homer came down on the cut between the concourse and the left-field berm and tied the game 3-3 in the third inning.
  — Maria Torres, kansascity, 2 Mar. 2018
• The ball landed over the berm beyond the right-field wall and bounced back into the Aces’ bullpen.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2019
• Personnel from the group of agencies built a berm along one of the rivers in town.
  — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 16 June 2019
• In 1993, the river crested the berm, filling homes to their rooftops.
  — Julie Bosman, New York Times, 3 June 2019
• Big winter storms wash away the beach berm that grows over the summer and blocks the creek’s outlet to the ocean.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
• Fill this berm with water daily for the first two to three weeks.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
• The berm averaged 8 feet in height and was over 500 feet long, Else said.
  — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2021
• In order for the berm to proceed, Con Ed would have to build a tunnel around the lines.
  — Keith Gessen, Curbed, 10 May 2021

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024