Explore Burges through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Burges meaning
A surname.
Using Burges
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, burges often appears in combinations such as: william burges.
Context around Burges
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Burges
- In this selection, "burges" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, william, wendy, judy, asked, cambridge and collection stand out and add context to how "burges" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include burges asked for and by william burges for the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "burges" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with burges
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This house is coming from Burges’s own soul, his own heart. (12 words)
For the Marquess, the pleasure had been in its creation, a pleasure lost following Burges's death in 1881. (19 words)
Wendy Burges, the club’s chairperson, said: “People have offered to come along to our meetings to give talks about dementia. (21 words)
In the July 17 complaint, Senator Judy Burges (R-Dist 22), whose legislative district includes the cities of Glendale, Peoria and Surprise, alleges: (1) that the City of Sedona’s bed tax ordinance violates the Arizona Constitution’s gift clause, AZ Const. (42 words)
He argued vibrations caused from the digging could irreversibly damage the ‘richly decorated’ interior of Tower House that was conceived by the revered Victorian architect and designer William Burges, who also created Cardiff Castle’s Gothic interiors. (37 words)
Burges asked for a state investigation into whether the city violated “gift clause” prohibitions in the Arizona Constitution by allocating a percentage of bed tax revenues for tourism marketing under its contract with the chamber. (35 words)
Example sentences (11)
Wendy Burges, the club’s chairperson, said: “People have offered to come along to our meetings to give talks about dementia.
Burges asked for a state investigation into whether the city violated “gift clause” prohibitions in the Arizona Constitution by allocating a percentage of bed tax revenues for tourism marketing under its contract with the chamber.
He argued vibrations caused from the digging could irreversibly damage the ‘richly decorated’ interior of Tower House that was conceived by the revered Victorian architect and designer William Burges, who also created Cardiff Castle’s Gothic interiors.
In the July 17 complaint, Senator Judy Burges (R-Dist 22), whose legislative district includes the cities of Glendale, Peoria and Surprise, alleges: (1) that the City of Sedona’s bed tax ordinance violates the Arizona Constitution’s gift clause, AZ Const.
On to Burges’s bedroom, where the theme is sea creatures, including a carved mermaid on the chimney-breast and a ceiling of mirrored gilt stars as if you’re viewing the night sky underwater.
This house is coming from Burges’s own soul, his own heart.
For the Marquess, the pleasure had been in its creation, a pleasure lost following Burges's death in 1881.
Like Glasscott, Thomas clashed with Burges, but survived until the Convict Depot was closed in 1857, and he was transferred to a more senior position with the Commissariat in Perth.
See also Reynolds, Thomas Iter Britanniarum or that part of the itinerary of Antoninus which relates to Britain with a new comment J. Burges, Cambridge, 1799.
The current castle is an elaborately decorated Victorian folly designed by William Burges for the Marquess and built in the 1870s, as an occasional retreat.
This was a time of innovation as electric lighting was introduced in the Reading Room and exhibition galleries. citation The William Burges collection of armoury was bequeathed to the museum in 1881.
Common combinations with burges
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: