burgle

Example Sentences

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With lunch approaching in Sydney and Australia attempting to burgle some overs to hasten the second new ball, the hosts asked Marnus Labuschagne to bowl some of his very occasional medium-pace.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

“You make it as hard as possible for burglars in hopes that they look for some other house to burgle, but it’s impossible to ever completely secure your house.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2019

Four men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle in connection with the Hatton Garden safety deposit box raid at Easter.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2015

Ford’s conversion took England to within five points and they had two minutes to burgle a victory.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2015

There once was a lonesome, lorn spinster, And luck had for years been ag'inst her; When a man came to burgle She shrieked, with a gurgle, "Stop thief, while I call in a min'ster!"

From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)