How to Use barn in a Sentence
barn
noun- They live in a big barn of a house.
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O’Leary left the lantern in the barn and the cow kicked it over and started the fire.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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Then there’s the gold muscle car in the middle of the barn.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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The main home sits on six acres along with a small barn.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 21 Sep. 2022
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The haunted hayride, barn and trail open Sept. 29-Oct. 29.
—Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
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Tazz was found in a barn about a mile away from his home.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
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The well is next to the farm’s barn and only about 100 yards from the landowners’ house.
—Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 24 May 2024
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Eight airplane-hangar-size barns stand in a row, and eight more across the road.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
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There are tack rooms, feed rooms, and office space in the barns as well.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2023
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Much of it was stored for decades in a stone worker’s barn.
—Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2022
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Many of the horses at Del Mar are housed in stalls in the barns behind the backstretch.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
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Now, there is a barn for goats, pigs and cattle at the center.
—Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
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About 20 feet below the balcony, on the floor of the large domed barn, two of the half-dozen dairy cows were butting heads.
—Arielle Gordon Alexandra Genova, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
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The 2,182-acre ranch has a main house, storage building and barn.
—oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2023
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The bison slowly made her way to the barn for food, and Noble was able to close the door.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2022
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The two-story house where his father lives stood in the clearing, along with the barn.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
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Among them was Messier, who now is in Tim Yakteen’s barn.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 8 Apr. 2022
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Police spoke to the owner of the farm, who explained that the cows had free range of the fields and were able to come in and out of the barn.
—Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
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As the sun sets, hidden just behind a barn off to the west, the sky fills with the warmest of colors.
—Mykal McEldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Nov. 2022
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All others are asked to park at Valley Falls Park and use the walking path to the barn.
—Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2022
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Staff also walk through the barns daily during the state fair.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2023
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The refugees had been spotted by guards, and Bricha guides had shooed their charges into a barn.
—Rebecca Frankel, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
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The ranch includes a three-bedroom home and a large barn and cattle pens.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
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The home was fully fenced and included a barn with two stalls.
—Robyn A. Friedman, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
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But does that simply mean an open door in a barn or acres of green pastures to roam?
—Chris Mohr, Phd, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2023
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Police found the van last Sunday, in a field behind a barn.
—Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
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Goedhardt said there is nowhere safe enough, or large enough, to move his barn of cows.
—Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 11 May 2023
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The virus can find its way into barns via dust particles or on the sole of a farmer’s boot.
—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
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Burberry’s floral barn jacket, over-the-knee boots and fringe dress.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
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Twice a year, the lawn at the barn hosts dozens of vendors at its Sweet Violet's Vintage Market.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
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