Bert

[burt]

noun

1. a first name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.

Example Sentences

Some 40 homes were evacuated when Storm Bert caused a river of tip waste to flow through Cwmtillery's streets last November.

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“He was very conversant with the Incredible String Band, with Bert Jansch, with Sandy Denny. So I met somebody in the middle of all this who didn’t need to play in a pub band, playing songs by from the ‘70s or the ‘80s or the ‘90s,” says Plant.

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While there are obviously more momentous dates and places in history that might have been chosen, as is observed by the co-chief of Bert’s company, peculiarly named M-Dash and played with dry humor by the actor-director Ruben Santiago-Hudson, the date chosen by the company allows Bert to visit the World’s Fair that opened that year in Queens.

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She is less enamored of the experience—the period heels she’s forced to wear in particular—than the instantly enchanted Bert.

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While Cyndee is massaging her sore feet on a bench, Bert strikes up a casual conversation with a young woman the next bench over.

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