How to Use burro in a Sentence

burro

noun

• The gnats came for the dwarf Meyer lemon tree and the burro’s tail on the balcony.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
• New clues may shed light on the killings of at least 42 wild burros in the Mojave Desert.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• The first 100 guests will be able to order one free burro per week up to a year.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 19 Aug. 2019
• Wildlife walk:See herds of wild burros on this easy hike near Phoenix.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2024
• Some still use burros to lug water from the well uphill to the village.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• The trail is named for Fred Barr, who built the route in the early 20th century to run burro rides to the summit.
  — Lori Rackl, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
• This was a loaner from Coy, who’d promised that the horse was gentler than the burro Christ rode into Jerusalem.
  — Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
• How to make spaghetti tonno e burro Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
  — Megan Litt, Bon Appétit, 5 Sep. 2023
• So every year, the BLM sets a target number of wild horses and burros to round up.
  — Mark Scaglione, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• The cacio e burro is still one of my favorite dishes there.
  — Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024
• One legend has it that the burro is thousands of years old and was the preferred food of Mesoamerians.
  — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2021
• Thoughts of his tire-changing skills crossed my mind, along with my sudden desire to adopt a burro.
  — Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• But in San Miguel, burros still clomp up narrow streets, and 1 in 5 homes lacks running water.
  — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2019
• According to Allen Pyle, burro meat can be placed on the market at a much lower price than beef.
  — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018
• And therein lies the beauty of burro racing — there is no gender or age bias.
  — Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2022
• At times, the helicopters can fall back as much as a half-mile if the horses and burros are moving in the right direction.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 3 June 2024
• Interstate 5 was a dirt road and our property was home to dogs, cats, birds, goats, sheep, and even a burro named Milton.
  — Denise Davidson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2019
• The payments were made so the Drummonds would keep and protect wild horses and burros on their property.
  — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 3 Feb. 2018
• The Bureau of Land Management spent more than $450 million dollars in the last 5 years on its wild horse and burro program.
  — CBS News, 6 Aug. 2022
• All were hunted down and captured as part of the Bureau of Land Management’s wild mustang and burro roundup.
  — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• Leadville Boom Days celebrates the Old West with burro races, mining skill contests, gunslingers and a street fair with more than 100 food and craft booths.
  — Sarah Kuta, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
• In April, a wild burro died during surgery after being shot with an arrow.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
• Just past the 1-mile point, the trail crosses an earthen dam that contains a stock tank frequented by native wildlife and feral burros that live in the area.
  — Jill Cassidy, azcentral, 7 Feb. 2020
• At the airy summit, the silence was broken only by a distant rooster and a bell dangling from a grazing burro.
  — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2020
• Menu items include tostadas, chimichangas, tacos, burros, and enchiladas.
  — Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024
• In other words, putting a gleaming new bathroom in a dilapidated house is like putting a bow on a burro.
  — Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
• As a test, a sample burro was brought to the local packing plant of Allen Pyle, killed and dressed, passed by the Board of health and distributed to various persons for trial.
  — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018
• Some here see northeastern Brazil filling the void, but there is ample resistance to the notion in a place where people have a special place in their hearts for the burro.
  — Luciana Magalhaes, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2018
• After more than half a century of service, Jorge the burro is facing eviction.
  — Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
• The animals don’t move again until the donkey apparently gives the all-clear: After sizing up a disbelieving Fennell, the burro turns its head and trots off.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024