How to Use berm in a Sentence

berm

noun
  • When the berm is complete, Snow said, there'll be a trail atop it that visitors can walk.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Add a mulch around the new plant to the edge of the berm.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Get lots of sun at the back of the berm in right and left fields.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The soil would have had to be removed from the site and not be used in the berm.
    Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • On the right-field berm, pods will be painted on the grass.
    Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Also, build a 4- to 6-inch berm of soil at the edge of each root ball.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 June 2017
  • Most of the roads have a bike lane, ‘sharrows,’ or wide berm.
    John Pana, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2020
  • If soil is dry, soak the plants and build a berm at the edge of the root ball to hold water.
    Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Also, build a four- to six-inch berm of soil at the edge of each root ball.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2024
  • When the dust cleared, Buryanov saw that the Ford had slammed into the berm on the right side of the road and rolled over.
    Peter Flax, Outside Online, 15 May 2018
  • Build berms at the edge of root balls of new trees and shrubs to direct water to the roots.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Keep the berms in place and give the azaleas extra care through next spring.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2017
  • These are oblong circuits of rollers and berms at the entrance to the park.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 14 Sep. 2017
  • In the case of White Grass, a berm of snow forms along the fences, creating up to three miles of trail.
    Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The three-run homer came down on the cut between the concourse and the left-field berm and tied the game 3-3 in the third inning.
    Maria Torres, kansascity, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The ball landed over the berm beyond the right-field wall and bounced back into the Aces’ bullpen.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The berm project would cost as much as $100 million, money the town doesn’t have.
    Christopher Flavelle, Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2017
  • Personnel from the group of agencies built a berm along one of the rivers in town.
    Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 16 June 2019
  • In 1993, the river crested the berm, filling homes to their rooftops.
    Julie Bosman, New York Times, 3 June 2019
  • Big winter storms wash away the beach berm that grows over the summer and blocks the creek’s outlet to the ocean.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
  • Fill this berm with water daily for the first two to three weeks.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The berm averaged 8 feet in height and was over 500 feet long, Else said.
    Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2021
  • In order for the berm to proceed, Con Ed would have to build a tunnel around the lines.
    Keith Gessen, Curbed, 10 May 2021
  • As the truck came around the backside of the berm, there was a girl crouched in the sand that the lifeguards did not see, Lydon said.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2019
  • At certain angles, the berms seem to halve the building's height.
    Joseph Giovannini, ELLE Decor, 2 July 2015
  • His first home run – a three-run job in the seventh – was yanked well onto the berm in front of the course in right field.
    Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Bus 70 passed the spot where the road was once bisected by a sand berm marking the front line.
    Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Just to the south of it, separated by a berm, is a red and white salt pond, full of brine.
    Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
  • In addition, trees had to be removed and the bank and berm of the C-42 canal, that runs along the west side of the road, had to be shored up.
    Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Aim at a safe backstop like a target, berm, or soft piece of ground, and shoot.
    Anthony Licata, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023

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