How do you use Barmy in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like zestful or fruity, plus the exact meaning.
Barmy in a sentence
Barmy meaning
- Containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm (“foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread”).
- Bubbling with activity or excitement; active, excited.
Synonyms of Barmy
Using Barmy
- The main meaning on this page is: Containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm (“foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread”). | Bubbling with activity or excitement; active, excited.
- Useful related words include: zestful, fruity, dotty, daft.
- In the example corpus, barmy often appears in combinations such as: the barmy, barmy army, barmy mph.
Context around Barmy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barmy
- In this selection, "barmy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, own, phin, brilliant, army, 20mph and brunch stand out and add context to how "barmy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit barmy and about a barmy night the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barmy" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barmy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s all a bit barmy. (6 words)
Yakuza keeps up its strong tradition of crunchy brawling, barmy character and brilliant world-building. (15 words)
And that is most clear when we look at Labour and Plaid’s barmy 20mph speed limits. (17 words)
Keen cricketers for Bishops Hull Cricket Club in Taunton and Essex Women's U15s, they are also set to be honoured as the Barmy Army supporters' group are urging the crowd to sing Amazing Grace at the 53rd over - Barney's shirt number. (43 words)
Responding to Drakeford's comments, Natasha Asghar MS, Shadow Transport Minister, said: “The reaction from the public to Labour’s barmy 20mph speed limit should have come as no surprise to the First Minister, if he actually listened to the public. (41 words)
Standing next to Phin ‘Barmy Brunch’ Adams of the Monster Raving Loony Party who was wearing a baked bean balaclava, many mocked that the former Tory minister’s political career had come to a fitting end. (36 words)
Example sentences (14)
Crawley gets away a single for the first runs of the day as the Barmy Army trumpeter plays Jerusalem over on the Western Terrace.
Henry Searle’s very own “Barmy Army” were among those celebrating the teenager’s victory at Wimbledon, which has made him the first British boys’ singles champion in more than 60 years.
Keen cricketers for Bishops Hull Cricket Club in Taunton and Essex Women's U15s, they are also set to be honoured as the Barmy Army supporters' group are urging the crowd to sing Amazing Grace at the 53rd over - Barney's shirt number.
And that is most clear when we look at Labour and Plaid’s barmy 20mph speed limits.
Barmy but true: sometimes it costs more to take your case on a plane than it does for the seat itself.
Responding to Drakeford's comments, Natasha Asghar MS, Shadow Transport Minister, said: “The reaction from the public to Labour’s barmy 20mph speed limit should have come as no surprise to the First Minister, if he actually listened to the public.
Standing next to Phin ‘Barmy Brunch’ Adams of the Monster Raving Loony Party who was wearing a baked bean balaclava, many mocked that the former Tory minister’s political career had come to a fitting end.
Instead, it was about a barmy night, the shock and awe of watching a second leg as demented as this.
There's a big bay of them next to the sightscreen in the Great Southern Stand, and they remain vocal, baying various ditties much like the Barmy Army do when they are in town.
For now, after seeing Labo in action it is easy to be swept up in the brilliant, barmy audacity of it all.
It’s all a bit barmy.
Yakuza keeps up its strong tradition of crunchy brawling, barmy character and brilliant world-building.
Despite opposition from the Commission (one member said his ideas were barmy), Gorgas persisted and when Stevens arrived, he threw his weight behind the project.
Room of Requirement On the seventh floor opposite an enormous tapestry depicting Barnabas the Barmy attempting to train trolls for the ballet, the Room of Requirement appears only when someone is in need of it.
Common combinations with barmy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: