Explore Burton through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like thespian or player. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Burton meaning
- An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in any of several places with that name.
- A male given name.
- A number of places in the United States:
Synonyms of Burton
Using Burton
- The main meaning on this page is: An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in any of several places with that name. | A male given name. | A number of places in the United States:
- Useful related words include: richard burton, role player, thespian, player.
- In the example corpus, burton often appears in combinations such as: tim burton, burton and, burton was.
Context around Burton
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Burton
- In this selection, "burton" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tim, sally, jennifer, werbe, regarding and farms stand out and add context to how "burton" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1996 which burton co produced, a tim burton movie regular and tim burton. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "burton" sits close to words such as cancellation, clause and conjunction, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with burton
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Conjure the spirit of Tim Burton and his creations at House of Burton pop-up. (15 words)
A photo taken Wednesday by Charles Burton of Burton Farms on St Croix documents soil cracking. (16 words)
Burton collaborated with Selick again for James and the Giant Peach (1996), which Burton co-produced. (16 words)
But Burton did it."sfn The play nevertheless made $22,000 dollars, which Coghill was happy with.sfn Doctor Faustus was adapted for the screen the following year by both Burton and Coghill, leading to the former making his directorial debut. (41 words)
Gielgud appreciated Burton's performance and Beaumont, who knew about Burton's work in The Druid's Rest, suggested that he "look him up" after completing his service in the RAF if he still wanted to pursue acting as a profession. (41 words)
Burton, recovering from illness and resting further south on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, was outraged that Speke claimed to have proved his discovery to be the true source of the Nile when Burton regarded this as still unsettled. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Burton, who retired to the San Francisco Bay area in 2006, is survived by his wife, Sally Burton, and their daughter, Jennifer Burton Werbe.
Depp wrote a similar comment in the foreword to Mark Salisbury's book, Burton on Burton, regarding his first meeting with Burton over the casting of the film.
A photo taken Wednesday by Charles Burton of Burton Farms on St Croix documents soil cracking.
Conjure the spirit of Tim Burton and his creations at House of Burton pop-up.
Johnny Depp has been a Tim Burton movie regular since the 1990 release of and has appeared in a total of seven Burton-directed movies, including Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and several others.
Deputy Joey Keith arrested Joey Burton, 38, and Allana Burton, 39, both of Columbia on charges of possession of a controlled substance 1st degree methamphetamine.
Take into account that Burton’s effective 1B at tight end in Adam Shaheen is likely to miss a few games with a sprained ankle and foot, and Burton will maximize that edge of an increased temporary workload.
Anthropologists Douglas R. White and Michael L. Burton discuss and support Jack Goody's observation regarding African male farming systems in "Causes of Polygyny: Ecology, Economy, Kinship, and Warfare" White, Douglas and Burton, Michael.
Burton and later Sanjour along with Edward H. Pechan continued improving Burton, Ellison S., Edward H. Pechan III, and William Sanjour.
Burton collaborated with Selick again for James and the Giant Peach (1996), which Burton co-produced.
Burton, recovering from illness and resting further south on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, was outraged that Speke claimed to have proved his discovery to be the true source of the Nile when Burton regarded this as still unsettled.
But Burton did it."sfn The play nevertheless made $22,000 dollars, which Coghill was happy with.sfn Doctor Faustus was adapted for the screen the following year by both Burton and Coghill, leading to the former making his directorial debut.
Gielgud appreciated Burton's performance and Beaumont, who knew about Burton's work in The Druid's Rest, suggested that he "look him up" after completing his service in the RAF if he still wanted to pursue acting as a profession.
However, Burton eventually released 2 models of step-in systems, the SI and the PSI, Burton's SI system enjoyed moderate success, yet never matched the performance of the company's strap-in products and was never improved upon.
In Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973), Taylor's last film with Burton Taylor and Burton's last film together was the Harlech Television film Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973), fittingly named as they divorced the following year.
It is widely accepted that Jake Burton Carpenter (founder of Burton Snowboards ) and/or Tom Sims (founder of Sims Snowboards ) invented modern snowboarding.
Salisbury, Burton, p.145 Hamm criticized the rewrites, but blamed the changes on Warner Bros. Burton explained, "I don't understand why that became such a problem.
The 1988 biography of Burton by Melvyn Bragg provides a detailed description of the many health issues that plagued Burton throughout his life.
The Benthall-directed production opened in December 1955 to glowing reviews and was a much-needed triumph for Burton.sfn Tynan made it official by famously saying Burton was now "the next successor to Olivier".
A 19-year-old man has been arrested after a car crashed through a wall outside Bishop Burton College.
Phrases with burton
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with burton
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tim burton 24×
- burton and 15×
- burton was 8×
- of burton 7×
- in burton 7×
- burton has 6×
- and burton 6×
- burton in 6×
- at burton 6×
- burton albion 5×