bursa

Example Sentences

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Reddit users find more: “We used it to help get all the tangled bundles of burs out of our horses’ forelocks,” one user posted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

First, you must brush the llamas to remove any burs or straw that could create saddle sores.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

In second grade, it was a weedy lot where she made herself a crown of burs while waiting for her father at the parent-teacher conference.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021

Such consequences may also stem from the use of less toxic herbicides in cases where the plant itself happens to be poisonous or, perhaps, to possess thorns or burs.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

I was on edge the rest of the day, the encounter with the boy sticking to me like burs pricking at my skin.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez