How to Use barnyard in a Sentence

barnyard

noun
  • And while the scent of pure leather can be tricky, fear not—this does not skew barnyard.
    Town & Country, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Leashed dogs are permitted in the park but not in the barnyard area.
    Madeline McKenzie, The Seattle Times, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The stench is meant to evoke filth, gangrene and the barnyard, Gibbons Backus said.
    Jonathan Hunley, Washington Post, 28 May 2017
  • There’s some ginger too, and the barnyard funk from the nose just about manages to hang on.
    Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Plus, the toys can help teach kids the names of barnyard animals.
    Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Plus, the toys can help teach kids the names of barnyard animals.
    Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • The tongue of the wagon knocked the front off the barn, with the horses looking into the barnyard below.
    Helen Shriver Riley, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
  • The fox tricks the barnyard animals in the foxtail version.
    New York Times, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Next to those unassuming birds of the barnyard, the little red wheelbarrow stands out all the more.
    Danny Heitman, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
  • This isn’t Bacon and Sedgwick’s first barnyard soirée shared with fans.
    Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 4 July 2023
  • In addition to the circus and barnyard acts, passersby will fill in as guests.
    Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The initial hay and mustiness opens up to a combination of lemon peel, thyme, and a hint of barnyard funk.
    Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • The sun is shining, the hay is piled high and friendly barnyard animals roam over lush green grass.
    Melissa Hendrickson, Smithsonian, 6 Aug. 2019
  • At some point in the midst of their walking around an imaginary barnyard, Adler told the class that an atomic bomb was about to fall.
    Evan Kindley, The New Republic, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Trouble and the rest of the herd spent their days roaming three canyons and being tended to by staff in the animal barnyard.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • In contrast to the winery’s sleek modernism, the vineyards are tended by a barnyard menagerie.
    Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The tour includes a garden with koi ponds, a treehouse, and a barnyard with chickens, goats and donkeys.
    Shannon Dominy, ajc, 8 Apr. 2017
  • The interior is trimmed in a barnyard of high end woods and leather, and can be ordered with a pair of first-class rear seats and a bar between them.
    Gary Gastelu, Fox News, 10 May 2018
  • From the orchard to the barnyard, all these things come together in various ways.
    Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 16 May 2017
  • Check out the farm animals at the adjoining barnyard while there.
    Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, 17 May 2017
  • This year, researchers welcomed a raft of world-first barnyard creatures.
    Megan Molteni, Wired, 28 Dec. 2020
  • That’s when the Seal Team 6 of barnyard animals bravely went into the fray (a nearby bush) and found a chicken named June.
    Michael Harriot, The Root, 12 June 2018
  • Live-poultry stores draw immigrants for whom a barnyard odor means farm-fresh meat.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • It’s too much goat, too little sugar — the thinner, barnyard version of No.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2018
  • Keeping an eye on all the goings-on in the barnyard is Dozer, the family’s Great Pyrenees dog, who weighs over 150 pounds.
    John S. Matuszak, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
  • In the very first scene the camera studies a barnyard where nothing special is going on, apart from a goose giving a goat a hard time.
    Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 29 July 2021
  • The raspy burn of the first sip mellows into an earthy, barnyard funk and ends with a finish that lingers with botanical intrigue.
    Susan Choung, Good Housekeeping, 6 Mar. 2023
  • While domestic ducks spend their days in a barnyard or a pen, wild ducks fly hundreds or thousands of miles twice a year, Wilkins points out.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Piney Acres Farm starts with some pre-show fun with hayrides, a playground and barnyard activities.
    Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Sadly for the dairy lobbyists, the definition of milk has long since broken out of the barnyard.
    Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2020

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