How to Use burl in a Sentence

burl

noun
  • The burl dining table, a grasscloth console table and the living room coffee table were custom-designed by Scout Design Studio.
    Dallas News, 22 July 2022
  • And there’s plenty of vintage burl pieces to be found on Chairish (see No. 1).
    Sunset Magazine, 5 Jan. 2022
  • At its base is a structure known as a burl, which hides growing buds that have been shielded from the fire.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Opel uses burl wood throughout the house for some French Deco flair.
    Jennifer Berno Decleene, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The burl wood side table makes the cozy winter vibes in this Studio Ashby space even stronger.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 23 June 2022
  • From the outside, burl wood appears deformed, all grayish scabs of nasty bark.
    John Semley, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2020
  • It is crafted with African teak woodwork and custom walnut and pear burl.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2022
  • In the Met’s early example, the brow is shaped like a spackling knife and retains the burl of the wood grain, though its top edge has been splintered over time.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2018
  • But its burl finish is in fact the glaze on ultra-durable and dishwasher-safe porcelain.
    Nina Molina, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The stunning spiral case has a handmade newel post of walnut burl inlay.
    J.a. Berger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Hodder stopped underneath a tree called the Bison tree, which has a big burl 30 feet up its trunk that looks like a buffalo.
    Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2018
  • Abby wandered through the redwood groves in jeans and hiking boots, stopping to remark on a burl here or a root system there.
    Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The striker is a snakewood dowel with an Afeliia burl top.
    Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2020
  • The vintage burl wood table and gold convex mirror enhance the room’s character.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 11 Aug. 2021
  • In an especially impressive piece, a woman has curving branches for arms, and seems to erupt out of a large burl, like a goddess.
    New York Times, 4 Feb. 2021
  • One redwood has a massive burl growing at eye-level to boardwalkers.
    Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 June 2021
  • Connolly-leather seats and black piping offset burl-walnut trim.
    Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 27 May 2020
  • The space has bookmatched burl wood paneling and custom-lacquered walnut tables with brass inlay.
    Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 16 June 2022
  • On another is her prized collection of boxes from all over the world including unique thuya wood burl boxes from Morocco.
    Kadee Krieger, NOLA.com, 9 May 2018
  • In addition to burl wood and Midcentury decor, the estate features custom record crates and a lava rock waterfall.
    Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
  • More sudden than fossil or feather or driftwood burl on a desk, the sprig's scent conjures a dear place and time, jump-starting memory like satiny wildflowers chanced upon between pages of a book.
    Michael Engelhard, Alaska Dispatch News, 1 July 2017
  • Beds are upholstered with lush velvet or boucle, and accompanied by burl wood side tables and ceramic bedside lamps.
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Owners’ closets Carved, rare Honduran mahogany frames the walk-in closets with beautiful veneer inlays of satinwood, ebony and carpathian elm burl.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Stone, like wood burl, can have cavities and fissures allowing design adventures.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 29 Aug. 2020
  • While burls can be harvested and sold legally on private land, burl poaching is an ongoing concern in northern California’s parks.
    Lyndsie Bourgon, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Standard features included faux side exhausts and forests of burl-wood paneling, while interior trim plated in 24-karat gold and mink carpeting were among the available options.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The cow-free perches are offset by deep-pile, deep-green carpets, furthering the counterintuitive package that zagged against the typically posh glossy burl veneers and sumptuous hides.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Enzo’s private room, hidden behind a door, has been preserved as a sanctuary, its walls covered in Italian poplar burl, its original fireplace restored, with a long shiny red table in the middle of the room and vertical slats on the windows.
    Danilo Scarpati, WSJ, 8 June 2021

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