How to Use burglar in a Sentence

burglar

noun

• At that point, the burglar was shot and fell to the ground.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2021
• The burglars took the cash box out of the machine and fled.
  — Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 10 July 2018
• For the young burglar with the dog, this is a bridge too far.
  — Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022
• The burglars then fled the house and drove away in a dark colored SUV.
  — Connor Van Ligten, azcentral, 29 Apr. 2020
• The burglars found the store’s safe, cracked into it, and stole $1,500 in cash.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
• The four-legged burglar was caught on the deputy's bodycam.
  — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2020
• The burglar was described as a white man, about 5′11 and very thin.
  — Daily Southtown Staff, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2021
• The second call is a man believed to be the burglar again.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• The second call was a man believed to be the burglar again.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• One burglar walked to an office and forced open the locked door.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2019
• None of the burglars were armed, Davies said, and there were no injuries.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• Two homes on the same block were the targeted by burglars on the same day.
  — latimes.com, 12 June 2019
• And the third prompt was a short phrase, the kind a burglar might scribble down in a hurry.
  — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
• In 2021, a burglar shot Jackie and a bodyguard in the Avants’ home.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2023
• The burglar caused a lot of damage inside the bank, Foxx said.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2020
• The group then shot at the officer, who fired back as the burglars ran away.
  — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
• Video shows that the case was covered before the burglar broke in and ripped it off.
  — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 17 Nov. 2020
• The burglar was able to break down the door and enter the room, threatening them.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2022
• With Smith no longer standing over him, the burglar jumped up and ran to the bedroom.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• The burglar ran into the backyard and fell into the pool.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2019
• The burglar had forced entry through the back door of the residence.
  — Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2019
• At the height of the panic, a homeowner did kill a burglar.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive.com, 23 June 2019
• The man said that the burglars took about $1,500 in cash from an ATM in a shed on the car lot along with the German shepherd.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2024
• Police wrote in a report that the burglars broke the door to get inside.
  — Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2019
• This is the surveillance video of the would-be car burglar in Woodbridge.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 27 June 2018
• The victim woke up to find the intruder in his bedroom, and the burglar fled.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2019
• Video from inside the store showed that the burglars entered the building through the front window, which tripped the alarm.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2024
• Though an alarm was triggered when the burglars shattered the glass to get inside, the thieves still spent time in the guest house.
  — Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
• The cleaning lady identified him as one of the burglars, Rosenbaum said.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
• But Agatha’s got to figure out a better pitch before sundown — oh, and also deal with the very real teen burglar she’s got stashed in her kitchen pantry.
  — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024