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Example sentences for "buri"

Lexicographically close words:
burgonet; burgoo; burgs; burgum; burh; burial; buriall; burials; burie; buried
  1. When she rose in the morning, she stretched her right hand toward the southeast and got buri luli, which are very beautiful red flowers.

  2. He stretched his hand again to the southeast, and took buri luli, which is a little red blossom that grows in spring on a plant about a foot high.

  3. At dawn, after most of the paratroopers had assembled on the San Pablo airfield, they moved north and west to the northern edge of the Buri airstrip and joined elements of the 16th Division.

  4. One of the other two planes crash-landed on the Buri airstrip and all its occupants were killed.

  5. Company A proceeded to the Buri airstrip, arriving there about 1630.

  6. This plateau, which was directly north of the Buri airfield, was forested with palm trees and jungle growth.

  7. Most of the fire seemed to be coming from an eastern spur that overlooked the Bayug and Buri airfields.

  8. On its way, the platoon encountered and killed Japanese troops who were emplaced in spider holes and coconut log pillboxes under buildings, but a destroyed bridge at the edge of Buri prevented any further advance.

  9. The Buri airfield was northeast of Burauen, with a heavily wooded area on its northern edge.

  10. While waiting for the 2d Battalion to move up, the 1st Battalion would send a strong reconnaissance patrol along the road north to the barrio of Buri to determine Japanese strength, and the condition of the road and terrain.

  11. On 5 December, this force was to move out of the gorge, join the paratroopers, and launch a combined assault against the Buri airstrip.

  12. The men rested, and then marched on toward the Buri airstrip.

  13. The action for the next few days resolved itself into two separate engagements--the seizure of the Buri airstrip and the battle for Dagami.

  14. But before morning, the remnants of the Japanese 16th Division hit the Buri airfield.

  15. For several days the 11th Airborne Division sent patrols to the west and maintained small security guards at the Buri and Bayug airfields.

  16. In several cases, nevertheless, supervising teachers have succeeded in obtaining fairly exact data on the preparation of buri straw.

  17. In Majayjay a few workers color their own buri straw used in decorating the mats, but for the most part this material is obtained from dyers, one a Chinese, the other a Filipino, who prepare it for sale.

  18. Neither the wearing qualities of the straw nor the permanency of the dyes in buri mats are equal to those of tikug.

  19. The buri is the largest palm that grows in the Philippines, attaining a height of 20 meters.

  20. The method of whitening buri straw followed in San Luis, Pampanga, is described by Mr. James H.

  21. Buri straw is prepared from the young, unopened leaf of the buri palm.

  22. They are decorated with colored buri straw, usually in some shade of red produced by mordanting with kolis leaves and boiling with sappan wood as explained for buri straw.

  23. Romblon buri mats, which are the finest in point of workmanship and design made in the Philippines, are colored entirely by local vegetable dyes.

  24. Finnigan, supervising teacher, attempted to introduce buri straw into the schools of Gumaca, Tayabas, where the buri palm is very plentiful.

  25. In nearly every province there is at least one town in which the production of buri mats reaches provincial commercial importance.

  26. In each case the unit of material is one stalk of buri for each color.

  27. After this, they are boiled in lye (consisting of ashes) for about two hours, the mixture of ashes and water covering the buri during the process.

  28. Buri sleeping mats are made from the northernmost part of Luzon, in the Bangui Peninsula, to the Sulu Archipelago.

  29. Buri Gandak; rice is the staple crop, and it may be noted that the cultivator in Darbhanga is especially dependent on the winter harvest.

  30. The district consists entirely of an alluvial plain, in which the principal rivers are the Ganges, Buri Gandak, Baghmati and Little Baghmati, Balan and Little Balan, and Tiljuga.

  31. And from that day the buri palms have always died without seeing their descendants.

  32. A; a] get fibers from the outer part of coconut, buri palm fronds, or bamboo.

  33. Ang landang mudahúluy lang inigtún, The buri starch sweet just slides down the throat.

  34. A; b6] pound buri palm strips in a wooden trough-like mortar to get the starch out.

  35. A; a] strip abaca, buri palm leaves, and the like of vegetable matter to get the fiber.

  36. Duruka (iduruk) na ang linílas nga buli sa tinà, Immerse the buri strips into the dye now.

  37. The Buri Palm is a handsome species, of tall growth, with fan-like leaves.

  38. Yet neither they nor the Buri were willing to join the Roman alliance until they received pledges from Marcus that he would without fail prosecute the war to the uttermost.

  39. From the Buri he received back many captives and from the others [Footnote: The MS.

  40. How Commodus made terms of peace with the Marcomani, the Quadi, and the Buri (chapters 2, 3).

  41. The rush for the buri in the market before New Year is just like the turkey bargaining before Thanksgiving in this country; the difference is that the buri is more expensive, and it is not everybody that can afford to buy one.

  42. Brahmaputra on the south-east and the Buri Lohit river on the north-west.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "buri" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    burial customs; burial ground; burial place; buried alive; buried city; buried here; buried treasure; buried under