Burling is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Burling in a sentence
Related words
Burling meaning
present participle and gerund of burl
Using Burling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of burl
- In the example corpus, burling often appears in combinations such as: covington burling, burling and, and burling.
Context around Burling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Burling
- In this selection, "burling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, covington, jessa, phineas, sent, breakaway and scored stand out and add context to how "burling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include anchoring and burling are effective and and jessa burling. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "burling" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with burling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Crabtree and Burling each scored five goals last year. (9 words)
A phone call to Phineas Burling can be revealing. (9 words)
Anchoring and burling are effective strategies for targeting these fish. (10 words)
Early purchases of the company included about convert of land from Edward Burling and his partners; land was sold at a profit to Thomas Chittenden among others, and the settlements on the company's land have grown to become the city of Burlington. (43 words)
Coming off a series of revelations about Moonves’ behavior, cover-ups and the culture at CBS, news of the settlement was first revealed by the on Thursday from a leaked copy of an investigation by law firms Covington & Burling and Debevoise & Plimpton. (42 words)
A source of some confusion has been Granholm's jocular citation of the wholly fictitious lexicographer, Phineas Burling, of the firm "Fink and Wiggles" (for Funk & Wagnalls ) as confirming the Germanic origin of the word. (35 words)
Example sentences (18)
Nine’s director of morning television Steve Burling sent a statement to Daily Mail Australia saying the numbers are based on an outmoded method of TV ratings measurement.
Peter Burling has steered his Kiwi catamaran to finishes of second, first and second in home waters to take the lead in the New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in Christchurch.
Anchoring and burling are effective strategies for targeting these fish.
Burling’s rival from across the Tasman Sea, three-time defending SailGP champion Tom Slingsby of Team Australia, missed the podium race for the first time this season and finished seventh.
Nine’s director of morning television, Steven Burling, said coverage of the bushfire crisis had been “widespread, thorough and at times confronting”.
The new filings say Flynn’s claims that he received ineffective assistance from his former lawyers at the premier D.C. law firm Covington & Burling will require information and perhaps testimony from those attorneys.
As for the drawing portion of the exhibit, she took a drawing class last semester for which she drew portraits of students who were studying at Burling as a final project.
After finishing her high school career this spring, Burling will join her brother Brad and Barry at Wisconsin this fall with the intention to major in neurobiology.
At Covington & Burling, the investigation will be led by Nancy Kestenbaum, and at Debevoise & Plimpton, it will be led by Mary Jo White.
Burlington sophomore Amelia Crabtree and Waterford’s Annie Benavides traded buckets before a Burling breakaway layup cut the lead to 35-34 with 1:46 left in regulation.
Coming off a series of revelations about Moonves’ behavior, cover-ups and the culture at CBS, news of the settlement was first revealed by the on Thursday from a leaked copy of an investigation by law firms Covington & Burling and Debevoise & Plimpton.
Crabtree and Burling each scored five goals last year.
Days later, Ms. Plevan stopped work on the case, after handing her materials over to Covington & Burling and Debevoise & Plimpton, the firms in charge of the current investigation.
Jung said his team controlled the midfield, slowing down Burlington’s two most dangerous weapons, Morgan McCourt and Jessa Burling.
While 5-10 senior Jessa Burling scored a game-high 13 points for Burlington, Wilmot coach Jerod Boyd said the team’s diamond press played a critical role in limiting her scoring opportunities.
A phone call to Phineas Burling can be revealing.
A source of some confusion has been Granholm's jocular citation of the wholly fictitious lexicographer, Phineas Burling, of the firm "Fink and Wiggles" (for Funk & Wagnalls ) as confirming the Germanic origin of the word.
Early purchases of the company included about convert of land from Edward Burling and his partners; land was sold at a profit to Thomas Chittenden among others, and the settlements on the company's land have grown to become the city of Burlington.
Common combinations with burling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: