How to Use burro in a Sentence

burro

noun
  • Keep an eye peeled for wild burros grazing.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Your second best bet is to stay put and get yourself a burro.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
  • The same goes for ground covers like hens and chicks or trailing plants like burro's tail.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Some still use burros to lug water from the well uphill to the village.
    — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 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
  • Here's what to know about the wild burros and their relocation.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • How to make spaghetti tonno e burro Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
    — Megan Litt, Bon Appétit, 5 Sep. 2023
  • And therein lies the beauty of burro racing — there is no gender or age bias.
    — Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The second burro was found shot by the same make and color arrow near the same road months later.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Menu items include tostadas, chimichangas, tacos, burros, and enchiladas.
    — Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • In April, a wild burro died during surgery after being shot with an arrow.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • There's also a carne adovada burro, made with chunks of pork marinated in Hatch red chile.
    — Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Though beloved by many in the area, the burros have been targeted in other troubling incidents in recent years.
    — Joy Benedict, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • But in San Miguel, burros still clomp up narrow streets, and 1 in 5 homes lacks running water.
    — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2019
  • So every year, the BLM sets a target number of wild horses and burros to round up.
    — Mark Scaglione, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • After more than half a century of service, Jorge the burro is facing eviction.
    — Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
  • 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
  • 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 areas where burros are managed can support fewer than 1,500.
    — John Leos, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Other menu options include quesabirria, vampiros and burros.
    — Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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