How to Use burg in a Sentence

burg

noun
  • There didn’t used to be traffic like this when this burg was named Leningrad.
    — Christopher Buckley, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Easttown turned out to be the little burg that could … kill anyone at any time.
    — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Peace seems far from Kingstown, a burg that is forever portrayed in a lurid light.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Any burg that buys London Bridge off the shelf to plant in the desert knows about drama.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Its city and school budgets are balanced and the burg generally is well run.
    — John Seiler, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • But there are a few burgs in America that rise up to and above standard courtesy.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The charming little burg is plagued by a perplexing dead body problem.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
  • But of course, what Philadelphia gets beats what those other burgs have in store.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 11 July 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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 2024
  • 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 2024
  • Just 1,890 people live in the tiny Midwestern burg, but there must be at least that many guns to go around.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Like many of the other blokes in his burg, he was much taken by the tales of the Wild West and dreamed of becoming a cowboy.
    — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • Straddling the Missouri River, the burgs called Kansas City are known for a lot of things.
    — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The otherwise peaceful burg has been home to Chez Francois since 1987.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • At Element 41 in the quaint burg of Chardon, a fine selection of Numi tea is offered.
    — cleveland, 23 Feb. 2020
  • The funky, bohemian burg where beachgoers can skateboard, shop for dream catchers or balance their chakras is now the stomping grounds of tech giants like Google.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, latimes.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • After all, the Kings County burg is 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Franchises in other burgs can apparently go weeks, even months, without making headlines about matters other than wins and losses.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • 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

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