How to Use berm in a Sentence

berm

noun

• The freeway traffic was at a standstill, so the suspect drove his car on the berm to get away.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 23 May 2017
• The berm project would cost as much as $100 million, money the town doesn’t have.
  — Christopher Flavelle, Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2017
• The bus wound through earthen berms and collapsed buildings, then through a choke point that has changed hands several times.
  — Anne Barnard, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2016
• First baseman Mark Reynolds hit a solo home run, also deep past the left-field berm, in the third.
  — Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2017
• The car went into a parking lot and then out again over a berm and a sidewalk, according to charging documents.
  — Jaime Delage, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2017
• Bermudez believes the larger berm is meant to test larger, longer-range missile engines for the Gorae program.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2016
• A soldier can crouch behind a wall or berm and raise his rifle up, stealing a look without exposing himself to enemy fire.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2017
• This article was updated with Tara Finnigan’s statement about the sand berm and sandbags.
  — Bradley Zint, Daily Pilot, 25 May 2017
• On the Iraqi side of the berm, in the village of Darawish, farmer Raad Khalil is faced with an additional problem.
  — Balint Szlanko, The Seattle Times, 21 May 2017
• Another feature discovered by studying satellite imagery is the enlargement of an earthen berm near a missile test site.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2016
• One area of particular concern is Seal Beach, where the water can breach a sand berm built to protect beachfront homes in winter months if the waves are pounding.
  — Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2017
• The work will involve removing trees and building a berm to contain the mudslide to the northbound lanes, said Caltrans spokeswoman Susana Cruz.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2017
• 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
• 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
• Where to sit: Bring a blanket and lounge on the grass berm overlooking the outfield.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024