How do you use Burgled in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Burgled meaning
simple past and past participle of burgle
Using Burgled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of burgle
- In the example corpus, burgled often appears in combinations such as: was burgled, burgled the, been burgled.
Context around Burgled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Burgled
- In this selection, "burgled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, got, gets, home, houses and earlier stand out and add context to how "burgled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include had been burgled and 2022 aghahosseini burgled a former. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "burgled" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with burgled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Preeti Nayyar was burgled on 15 March in Chilworth, Hampshire. (10 words)
When they returned home, they found the property had been burgled. (11 words)
If that house gets burgled the risk to our communities is elevated. (12 words)
Mr Collins told the court how Hoyes’ movements had been traced revealing that he went from the home he had burgled to a chicken shop and then a phone shop where he used some of the stolen cash to buy a Samsung mobile phone and some headphones. (47 words)
They came back on August 5 and burgled houses in sectors 82 and 37 while on August 9 they targeted Kanchenjunga Apartment where they have burgled earlier as well and another society in Sector 50,” Singh said. (37 words)
A “callous” thief who exploited his vulnerable sister-in-law and defrauded her out of thousands was finally caught after he burgled her home in desperation for more drug money. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
They came back on August 5 and burgled houses in sectors 82 and 37 while on August 9 they targeted Kanchenjunga Apartment where they have burgled earlier as well and another society in Sector 50,” Singh said.
And then it got burgled and someone turned the shower on, so it leaked and my ceiling collapsed.
Having been arrested and bailed for those offences, within 12 hours he burgled the Holy Trinity Church, in Stakeford, Northumberland.
If that house gets burgled the risk to our communities is elevated.
Mr Collins told the court how Hoyes’ movements had been traced revealing that he went from the home he had burgled to a chicken shop and then a phone shop where he used some of the stolen cash to buy a Samsung mobile phone and some headphones.
The city also played host to a glitzy crime soon after, with Leigh’s home burgled and thieves making off with clothes, silverware and her Oscar.
The least likely postcode to be burgled in is in BN41 in Fishergate and Portslade.
When they returned home, they found the property had been burgled.
A “callous” thief who exploited his vulnerable sister-in-law and defrauded her out of thousands was finally caught after he burgled her home in desperation for more drug money.
A car was burgled and its rear window was smashed when it parked overnight in the car park of Carlow Shopping Centre.
ACT Policing said officers received reports of several businesses being damaged and burgled on Tuesday morning (4 June).
A masked thug who burgled a library during the weekend's riots was "attacked in the cells" before appearing in court.
Anything of value is locked away in a safe deposit box because I would be heartbroken to lose any of it should we every be burgled.
During the second Test, Stokes' house was burgled with his wife Clare and two children at home.
In Birmingham, a staggering 130 individuals have reported being burgled or mugged for their Rolex watches since 2022, as revealed by a recent Freedom of Information request.
Preeti Nayyar was burgled on 15 March in Chilworth, Hampshire.
Stokes wrote: “On the evening of Thursday 17th October a number of masked people burgled my home in the Castle Eden area in the North East.
Then, on 7 November 2022, Aghahosseini burgled a former friend’s home in Harrison, stealing two iPhones before returning them.
The victim woke up that morning and realised their property had been burgled.
After they’ve burgled a home the thieves either pawn the stolen goods or mail them back to Chile.
Common combinations with burgled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was burgled 10×
- burgled the 6×
- been burgled 5×
- being burgled 5×
- burgled and 4×
- and burgled 3×
- burgled over 2×
- he burgled 2×
- had burgled 2×
- be burgled 2×