burr

Example Sentences

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It’s Sticky, who sticks to everything like a burr and is best friends with Goober, an ogre with terrible acne and a snotty nose—a bad combination even for an ogre.

From Literature

I stayed by her side like a burr in a horse’s hoof.

From Literature

The following year, his balloon burst a mile above the ground in Virginia, and his re-attempt at the flight saw him wrecked among burr chestnut trees and almost killed.

From Salon

A longtime champion of the oppressed, and a burr to the powerful.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, there’s a difference between a burr in one’s saddle and feeling like you’re sitting right on top of three or four other teams each pointing a pitchfork at your backside.

From Seattle Times