burr

Example Sentences

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She collected people like her dog collected burrs — random encounters in the park that somehow stuck.

From Los Angeles Times

Great clumps of burrs wadded between their ears and down their backs.

From Literature

In return he tried to make their lives comfortable, learning to cure their ills, treating their cuts and bruises as his mother treated his, combing burrs and prickles from their woolly coats.

From Literature

Famous for his encyclopedic knowledge of the benchmark stock index and his fast-paced Brooklyn burr, he has been a markets data maven for everyone from Wall Street analysts to financial journalists.

From The Wall Street Journal

All the creature’s unease had vanished: he gave a guttural burr in his throat, a turbine of delight.

From Literature