Barbed is an English word with synonyms like biting or prickly. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Barbed in a sentence
Related words
Barbed meaning
- Having barbs.
- Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared.
- Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled.
Synonyms of Barbed
Using Barbed
- The main meaning on this page is: Having barbs. | Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared. | Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled.
- Useful related words include: biting, setose, prickly, burry.
- In the example corpus, barbed often appears in combinations such as: barbed wire, the barbed, of barbed.
Context around Barbed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barbed
- In this selection, "barbed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wire, history, breach, wire, tape and comments stand out and add context to how "barbed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an apparent barbed comment while, army s barbed wire enclosure and barbed wire. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barbed" sits close to words such as accolade, accompaniment and artistry, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barbed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Deaner introduces a barbed wire board to the proceedings. (9 words)
Effy had several cuts on his back from the barbed wire. (11 words)
At the bottom there is some barbed wire History Barbed tape on a fence. (14 words)
This is often primarily a visual deterrent since a well-prepared burglar can breach barbed wire and barbed tape barriers in similar amounts of time, using simple techniques such as cutting the wire or throwing a piece of old carpet over its strands. (43 words)
Eric is so curious to read the book that he cuts the barbed wire encasing it, ignores the all-caps writing on multiple pages that warn to leave the book alone, and proceeds to read aloud the evil incantation. (39 words)
Marino is white in a “Hugh Hefner bathrope” and a big mullet; he’s got a bit of a gut. Justin (no last name) appears much, much older in a robe, and he carried a barbed-wire-covered broom. (39 words)
Mark went to the back and returned with a ladder that was wrapped in barbed wire! (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Installation of barbed wire Barbed wire fence in line brace The most important and most time-consuming part of a barbed wire fence is constructing the corner post and the bracing assembly.
Kingston just shoved Kidd chest-first onto the barbed wire chair, then double-stomped his back to drive him into the barbed wire.
At the bottom there is some barbed wire History Barbed tape on a fence.
This is often primarily a visual deterrent since a well-prepared burglar can breach barbed wire and barbed tape barriers in similar amounts of time, using simple techniques such as cutting the wire or throwing a piece of old carpet over its strands.
Adnan Masri was herded through a barbed wire maze on that morning in 1997.
After finding herself on the business end of a spate of barbed comments, however, she added an 'Update' marveling at the reaction.
Barbed wire was everywhere, and I was playing records and going to restaurants every night.
Buildings can be blown up and barbed wire can be torn up by tanks.
Colby went under the ring and got a door covered in barbed wire, and he threw it in the ring.
Deaner introduces a barbed wire board to the proceedings.
Despite its name, the DMZ is one of the most fortified places on earth, replete with minefields and barbed-wire fences.
Effy had several cuts on his back from the barbed wire.
Eric is so curious to read the book that he cuts the barbed wire encasing it, ignores the all-caps writing on multiple pages that warn to leave the book alone, and proceeds to read aloud the evil incantation.
He crossed a creek and made towards the New England Highway, jumping a barbed wire fence.
He says the children's choir that performed at the ceremony reminded him of the Korean children, whom he described as "young, innocent little children going through hell," that would visit the army's barbed wire enclosure.
Jay said it's not just birds that can be injured but also some mammals as she urged people to use non-barbed hooks and to take their finished items home with them.
Madeley made an apparent barbed comment while appearing in a short documentary that accused Brand Brand of rape, and sexual assaults which he denies.
Marino is white in a “Hugh Hefner bathrope” and a big mullet; he’s got a bit of a gut. Justin (no last name) appears much, much older in a robe, and he carried a barbed-wire-covered broom.
Mark went to the back and returned with a ladder that was wrapped in barbed wire!
Mod was controversially snubbed from the Best Actress list and the comment appeared to be a barbed reference to this.
Phrases with barbed
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with barbed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- barbed wire 124×
- the barbed 22×
- of barbed 16×
- barbed tape 12×
- with barbed 12×
- and barbed 9×
- in barbed 8×
- by barbed 5×
- through barbed 3×
- barbed comments 3×