On this page you'll find 9 example sentences with Barnburner. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as arsonist or incendiary and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Barnburner meaning
- A sensationally exciting or successful event or person.
- A strike-anywhere match.
- One who burns down a barn.
Synonyms of Barnburner
Using Barnburner
- The main meaning on this page is: A sensationally exciting or successful event or person. | A strike-anywhere match. | One who burns down a barn.
- Useful related words include: arsonist, incendiary, firebug, success.
Context around Barnburner
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barnburner
- In this selection, "barnburner" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, broncos, minute, unscripted and home stand out and add context to how "barnburner" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2 a barnburner and denver broncos barnburner home win. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barnburner" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barnburner
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And it was a barnburner. (5 words)
We thought it would be more of a barnburner. (9 words)
The other was this barnburner about communists and the government. (10 words)
Chartiers-Houston 5, Charleroi 4 – Alyssa Wright had a hat trick and Ashley Horvath and Lexi Durkacs also scored to lead Chartiers-Houston (4-4, 4-3) in a Section 2-A barnburner. (33 words)
Foster highlighted a successful spring sports season, with the baseball team also winning a “barnburner” in the semifinals to give Wellsville two sectional runner-ups. (25 words)
Here are all the best shots from the Denver Broncos barnburner home win over the Cleveland Browns on Monday Night Football in Week 13. (24 words)
Example sentences (9)
Here are all the best shots from the Denver Broncos barnburner home win over the Cleveland Browns on Monday Night Football in Week 13.
They’d played a barnburner against this same team before and come out victorious.
We thought it would be more of a barnburner.
Chartiers-Houston 5, Charleroi 4 – Alyssa Wright had a hat trick and Ashley Horvath and Lexi Durkacs also scored to lead Chartiers-Houston (4-4, 4-3) in a Section 2-A barnburner.
The other was this barnburner about communists and the government.
And it was a barnburner.
Foster highlighted a successful spring sports season, with the baseball team also winning a “barnburner” in the semifinals to give Wellsville two sectional runner-ups.
Just when you expect to start winding down, Big Thief unleashes a roiling six-minute barnburner.
The mostly unscripted barnburner — out of character for the typically buttoned-down Abbas — marked the culmination of his frustration with the US administration.