How to Use burg in a Sentence

burg

noun
  • Across the Irish Sea, the small burg of Slane is about an hour’s drive north of Dublin.
    Jonah Flicker, USA TODAY, 22 June 2018
  • Any burg that buys London Bridge off the shelf to plant in the desert knows about drama.
    Roger Naylor, azcentral, 27 Dec. 2019
  • There didn’t used to be traffic like this when this burg was named Leningrad.
    Christopher Buckley, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2021
  • It’s the burg nearest the stadium and its Main Street is lined with bars.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2022
  • But there’s still plenty to do in this high mountain burg.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2021
  • To get the size right every time (which looks nice and also makes sure your burgs cook the same), use Lee’s trick.
    Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 26 June 2018
  • Easttown turned out to be the little burg that could … kill anyone at any time.
    Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Sydney, though bigger, was the show pony—a beautiful burg fit for the click of the camera and not much more.
    Brandon Presser, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Peace seems far from Kingstown, a burg that is forever portrayed in a lurid light.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 Nov. 2021
  • After all, the Kings County burg is 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
  • But the heady days of filling your Instagram feed with images of the lovely burg are now over.
    Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 2 June 2017
  • The otherwise peaceful burg has been home to Chez Francois since 1987.
    Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The very idea of a gun shop in what may be Arkansas' most progressive burg has some people up in arms.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2023
  • But of course, what Philadelphia gets beats what those other burgs have in store.
    Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 11 July 2017
  • Absorb the cosmopolitan air of this unique little burg.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2021
  • People often bypass the burg for Belden, the large nearby shopping area.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Many locals here have New Orleans roots, and this little burg is all about letting those bons temps rouler.
    Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 20 May 2021
  • At Element 41 in the quaint burg of Chardon, a fine selection of Numi tea is offered.
    cleveland, 23 Feb. 2020
  • This tiny burg teems with so many old stone and wood-framed buildings that the whole town is on the National Register of Historic Places.
    Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Whynot isn't the only little burg in the Piedmont Triad that might be more interesting on the map than in real life.
    Ken Jennings, CNT, 21 Aug. 2017
  • The story takes place in the fictional burg of Hawkins, Indiana, which seems to be located just south of Steven Spielbergville.
    Kristi Turnquist | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Toad Hop There are plenty of good local legends to explain the origins of this Vigo County burg.
    Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2019
  • Works by other friends—a massive John Chamberlain and a Claes Olden- burg soft sculpture—hang on other walls.
    Warren Elgort, Town & Country, 12 Nov. 2015
  • The release of that film was probably the biggest thing to hit my sleepy, sprawling burg of Sacramento since the Kings arrived from Kansas City in 1985.
    Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Welcome to Lost Falls, a spooky mythical town with more than a passing resemblance to the fictional burg of Twin Peaks.
    Misha Berson, The Seattle Times, 23 May 2017
  • The Olympics were our time to shine, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show the world that a striving Southern burg could punch above its adolescent weight.
    Dan Chapman, ajc, 26 July 2016
  • For six weeks in the summer, this little burg becomes something like the classical-music capital of the world.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Walk the hilly streets enjoying art, music, food and the delicious late summer twilight that settles over this mile-high burg.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Bus and train service will take you as far as Green River, a quiet burg known for its paddling access and tasty melons, some 45 minutes from Moab.
    Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Temperatures in the Sierra burg of Sonora are expected to hit highs of 100 on Tuesday.
    Patrick May, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019

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