Example sentences for: burns

How can you use “burns” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Let me quote from the textbook (by William Baumol and Alan Blinder) that I assigned when I taught Economics 1 last year: "When a firm pollutes a river, it uses some of society's resources just as surely as when it burns coal.

  • --Ric Burns' 125-hour documentary series, New York . There were a few engaging features--the astonishing photographs, Robert Caro talking about Al Smith, John Tierney arguing that the workers at the Triangle shirtwaist factory could have just gotten other jobs instead of catching fire; they were only calling attention to themselves.

  • 2. "Successive headlines on TheStreet.com's International news page read: 'Central Bankers Look Set to Lengthen the Good Times' and 'Leaders Fiddle As World Burns.'

  • The backlash against the Ken Burns documentary machine kicks into high gear.

  • "The usual skillful Burns package of period music ...


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