Examples of burg in a Sentence
moved from a small town into a much bigger burg
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New faces are finding them, from Bokey locals and folks from outer-burgs like Debary and DeLand to longtime regulars from Kissimmee and Lake Nona.
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
The North Shore Scenic Drive stretches along the shore from Canal Park in Duluth, Minnesota, through lovely burgs and placid woodlands and onto to the international border at Grand Portage.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Plagued by the tempests of drugs, murder, corruption and other vices of biblical proportion for much of the past five decades, residents in this tiny burg just south of Chicago are seeing a ray of divine hope in their most famous native son, Pope Leo XIV.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Funny to see that little burg hit the national news.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
The North Shore Scenic Drive stretches along the shore from Canal Park in Duluth, Minnesota, through lovely burgs and placid woodlands and onto to the international border at Grand Portage.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Plagued by the tempests of drugs, murder, corruption and other vices of biblical proportion for much of the past five decades, residents in this tiny burg just south of Chicago are seeing a ray of divine hope in their most famous native son, Pope Leo XIV.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Funny to see that little burg hit the national news.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for burg
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burg. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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burg
noun1
: a fortress or walled town in the Middle Ages
2
: city sense 1, town
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