Examples of burg in a Sentence
moved from a small town into a much bigger burg
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Also placing in the top 15 cities are (to no surprise) New Orleans and Chicago, and (perhaps to slight surprise) burgs in Ohio and Hawaii.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Its city and school budgets are balanced and the burg generally is well run.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Traffic cruised along the main corridor connecting Kansas City, Raytown and Lee’s Summit through the small burg of Knobtown over the summer months, but now, work at the intersection is ramping up again.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Just 1,890 people live in the tiny Midwestern burg, but there must be at least that many guns to go around.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Its city and school budgets are balanced and the burg generally is well run.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
Traffic cruised along the main corridor connecting Kansas City, Raytown and Lee’s Summit through the small burg of Knobtown over the summer months, but now, work at the intersection is ramping up again.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Just 1,890 people live in the tiny Midwestern burg, but there must be at least that many guns to go around.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burg. Accessed 10 Dec. 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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