Burr [noun]

The old dog stuck to her like a burr, and she had not the heart to take up a stick to enforce obedience.

Although the trial involved many political entanglements, Burr was finally acquitted.

Philip Burr led them into a back street, where his own handsome automobile was placed at their service.

Then there came a jar, a burr of wheels and springs, and the tinkle of silver-toned metal striking nine.

It simply walked straight over it, and when it had passed there was not a burr left on the stalks.

The soft Southern burr of his ordinary conversation had given place to a clear incisiveness.

I doubt if you could find a burr in the whole orchard, even if you made a careful search.

Corporal Charles M. Burr was shot above the ankle just after the battalion had risen up and started to retreat.

Imbedded in the clay was a coffin, dug out of a burr-oak log, and in a pretty good state of preservation.

The result of the duel was to deprive Burr of all power and influence.