Examples of burg in a Sentence
moved from a small town into a much bigger burg
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Funny to see that little burg hit the national news.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
Spink believed relocation of some of baseball’s lesser-drawing teams was possible, and there was a vast nation of growing burgs with their arms (and wallets) open.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Two teeny Texas burgs made the list for their preservation of western culture.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
Most big burgs saw sizable year-over-year jumps in traffic delays last year, with five of them enduring double-digit increases.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
Spink believed relocation of some of baseball’s lesser-drawing teams was possible, and there was a vast nation of growing burgs with their arms (and wallets) open.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Two teeny Texas burgs made the list for their preservation of western culture.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
Most big burgs saw sizable year-over-year jumps in traffic delays last year, with five of them enduring double-digit increases.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burg. Accessed 28 May. 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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