How to Use burg in a Sentence

burg

noun

• Across the Irish Sea, the small burg of Slane is about an hour’s drive north of Dublin.
  — Jonah Flicker, USA TODAY, 22 June 2018
• Any burg that buys London Bridge off the shelf to plant in the desert knows about drama.
  — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 27 Dec. 2019
• There didn’t used to be traffic like this when this burg was named Leningrad.
  — Christopher Buckley, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2021
• It’s the burg nearest the stadium and its Main Street is lined with bars.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2022
• But there’s still plenty to do in this high mountain burg.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2021
• To get the size right every time (which looks nice and also makes sure your burgs cook the same), use Lee’s trick.
  — Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 26 June 2018
• Easttown turned out to be the little burg that could … kill anyone at any time.
  — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2021
• Sydney, though bigger, was the show pony—a beautiful burg fit for the click of the camera and not much more.
  — Brandon Presser, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Dec. 2019
• Peace seems far from Kingstown, a burg that is forever portrayed in a lurid light.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 Nov. 2021
• After all, the Kings County burg is 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• But the heady days of filling your Instagram feed with images of the lovely burg are now over.
  — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 2 June 2017
• The otherwise peaceful burg has been home to Chez Francois since 1987.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• The very idea of a gun shop in what may be Arkansas' most progressive burg has some people up in arms.
  — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2023
• But of course, what Philadelphia gets beats what those other burgs have in store.
  — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 11 July 2017
• Absorb the cosmopolitan air of this unique little burg.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2021
• People often bypass the burg for Belden, the large nearby shopping area.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2021
• Many locals here have New Orleans roots, and this little burg is all about letting those bons temps rouler.
  — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 20 May 2021
• Many locals here have New Orleans roots, and this little burg is all about letting those bons temps rouler.
  — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 20 May 2024
• At Element 41 in the quaint burg of Chardon, a fine selection of Numi tea is offered.
  — cleveland, 23 Feb. 2020
• This tiny burg teems with so many old stone and wood-framed buildings that the whole town is on the National Register of Historic Places.
  — Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2021
• Whynot isn't the only little burg in the Piedmont Triad that might be more interesting on the map than in real life.
  — Ken Jennings, CNT, 21 Aug. 2017
• The story takes place in the fictional burg of Hawkins, Indiana, which seems to be located just south of Steven Spielbergville.
  — Kristi Turnquist | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• Toad Hop There are plenty of good local legends to explain the origins of this Vigo County burg.
  — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2019
• Works by other friends—a massive John Chamberlain and a Claes Olden- burg soft sculpture—hang on other walls.
  — Warren Elgort, Town & Country, 12 Nov. 2015
• The release of that film was probably the biggest thing to hit my sleepy, sprawling burg of Sacramento since the Kings arrived from Kansas City in 1985.
  — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 12 Dec. 2017
• Welcome to Lost Falls, a spooky mythical town with more than a passing resemblance to the fictional burg of Twin Peaks.
  — Misha Berson, The Seattle Times, 23 May 2017
• The Olympics were our time to shine, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show the world that a striving Southern burg could punch above its adolescent weight.
  — Dan Chapman, ajc, 26 July 2016
• For six weeks in the summer, this little burg becomes something like the classical-music capital of the world.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Aug. 2023
• Walk the hilly streets enjoying art, music, food and the delicious late summer twilight that settles over this mile-high burg.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• Bus and train service will take you as far as Green River, a quiet burg known for its paddling access and tasty melons, some 45 minutes from Moab.
  — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024