15 Usage Examples Depicting the Meaning of 'Bur' in a Sentence
"A rough, prickly covering around the seeds of certain plants, such as the chestnut or burdock." more
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The velcro strip mimics the bur's mechanism for attaching things together.
She wore thick socks to protect her feet from the bur's prickly surface.
The hiker brushed against the bushes, and a bur clung to his pants.
The dog had to stop and remove a bur from its paw during the walk.
The spiky bur made the little girl giggle as it clung to her sweater.
Jenny found a prickly bur while playing in the grass.
The little girl got a bur stuck to her socks while playing in the meadow.
The bur stuck to her clothes as she walked through the field.
The bur of a chestnut can be quite sharp, so handling it requires care.
The curious squirrel found a bur with chestnuts and tried to crack it open.
Tom accidentally stepped on a bur, and it stuck to the sole of his shoe.
The bur's sharp edges made it difficult to handle without gloves.
The bur stuck to the dog's fur during their nature walk.
The bur of the burdock plant clung to the hiker's pants as they walked through the meadow.
The bur stuck to his clothes after a walk in the woods.
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