How do you use Barked in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Barked in a sentence
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Barked meaning
simple past and past participle of bark
Using Barked
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of bark
- In the example corpus, barked often appears in combinations such as: barked at, and barked, he barked.
Context around Barked
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barked
- In this selection, "barked" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, repeatedly, castagnoli, fatu, instructions, periodically and excitedly stand out and add context to how "barked" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and then barked at the and appeared and barked out a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barked" sits close to words such as aayog, aghast and agitate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barked
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Fatu barked at Reigns, who had yet to enter the match. (11 words)
He was oversensitive, timid and barked in fear at his visitors. (11 words)
Kane acted shocked that he kicked out and then barked at the referee. (13 words)
When the TV network did player introductions for “Sunday Night Football” for the Packers-Lions game, Williams appeared and barked out a title from an anime character that had the country confused then laughing with delight over his creativity and smile. (41 words)
The Southampton boss never left the touchline for a single second during the top flight clash and was penalised for often stepping well out of his technical area as he barked instructions at his players. (35 words)
Georgia Tech QB kept having to cover the ear holes in his helmet with his hands, trying to muffle fan noise while he listened to what was being barked in from the sideline. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
And when Russell scored in the first quarter, he repeatedly barked at the bench — showing uncharacteristic emotion.
Chinese media reported that Ms Wang also noticed the 'puppy' never barked and its fur got thicker and tail longer than that of a normal dog.
He used a knife to assault his neighbor's two dogs because they barked.
Kane acted shocked that he kicked out and then barked at the referee.
The Southampton boss never left the touchline for a single second during the top flight clash and was penalised for often stepping well out of his technical area as he barked instructions at his players.
When the TV network did player introductions for “Sunday Night Football” for the Packers-Lions game, Williams appeared and barked out a title from an anime character that had the country confused then laughing with delight over his creativity and smile.
A caretaker came by to feed their five large dogs, all of whom growled and barked periodically throughout the weekends.
Castagnoli barked at the referee about the count and then powerbombed Allin for another near fall.
Cole stood up and barked at Paul for using brass knuckles after claiming he would not.
Donna with her family and Shadow the dog who barked at the window during the first time the oil was taken.
Fatu barked at Reigns, who had yet to enter the match.
Georgia Tech QB kept having to cover the ear holes in his helmet with his hands, trying to muffle fan noise while he listened to what was being barked in from the sideline.
He was oversensitive, timid and barked in fear at his visitors.
Lights went on, dogs barked, the police arrived and shined their headlights onto the beach.
Oil is the dog that has not barked since the Middle East blew up.
She became known – before her more divisive successor John Bercow – for the way she barked out “Order, Order!” and she was much loved in her local village of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
She likes people and is generally friendly but has barked at the odd person she found worrying.
Slowly, police got him to turn around and place him in handcuffs, while Bronco the K9 barked excitedly next to him.
The dog whilst untethered barked at a police sergeant, lunged towards him and repeatedly scratched him on the body to his injury.
There was a scrum on the ice in the closing seconds that bled past when the clock hit 0.0, and it continued as the two coaches barked at each other.
Common combinations with barked
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- barked at 13×
- and barked 6×
- he barked 4×
- barked out 4×
- barked orders 4×
- barked and 3×
- barked in 3×
- dogs barked 3×
- she barked 3×
- barked excitedly 2×