Sentence examples for been burned by a from inspiring English sources

Having been burned by a speculative investment in oil exploration companies a decade ago, I learned my lesson and now invest almost entirely through cheap index funds.

People who have been burned by a job or a love are hurt and angry.

In a Catholic neighborhood we stopped on Bombay Street, which in 1969 had been burned by a loyalist mob and has since been rebuilt.

Andrei Soldatov, an expert on Russia's intelligence agencies, said Zatuliveter may have been "burned" by a Russian spy who recently defected to the Americans.

You would think that a public official who had already been burned by a racially insensitive comment would have given it some thought.

In 14-hour days, often stretching far longer, the commission carried out 2,343 interviews, took 4,483 statements, held 48 meetings and carried out 35 investigations, one of them stumbling on a jail where an adolescent had been burned by a cigarette butt only minutes before.

The company, based in Minneapolis, had been burned by an unexpected public relations opportunity five years earlier.

The Mariners had once again been burned by an underperforming free agent, and their playoff drought continues to this day.

Whisenhunt and the Cardinals might have been burned by an end-of-the-half decision of another kind Sunday.

DBG, which has already been burnt by a disappointing investment in America and its failure to receive permission from the European Commission to buy Euronext in 2012, is looking mainly to Asia and market data for growth now.

The Jets were burned by a 78-yard punt return by the Raiders on Nov. 9.