How do you use Barry in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Barry meaning
- A male given name from Irish.
- A surname from Irish derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.
Using Barry
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name from Irish. | A surname from Irish derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.
- In the example corpus, barry often appears in combinations such as: barry allen, barry and, of barry.
Context around Barry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barry
- In this selection, "barry" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, crime, alternate, discovers, killed, ended and told stand out and add context to how "barry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amends with barry ralph would and and put barry in prison. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barry" sits close to words such as arc, interference and spider, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dow Corning, the Barry-based international chemical company has sites in Barry and Manchester and produces silicione. (17 words)
May 25, 2000: Police arrest Barry George, also known as Barry Bulsara, following surveillance of his home. (17 words)
My dear cousin John who will be sadly missed by Barry, Angie, Steven, Suzanne, Dez, Olly, Jesse, Barry, Kristy, Finn and Tilly. (22 words)
Following the murder of Barry's mother by the Reverse-Flash and his father imprisoned falsely for the crime, Barry was adopted by police officer Joe West, who had a daughter that was Barry's age named Iris. (38 words)
However, while Red Death was out getting Iris, Mark and Barry ended up having a talk in which Barry told Mark that he was still Team Flash and that it was never too late for a second chance. (38 words)
Chickie leaves her son, Michael J. Barry Jr. and his wife Kim of Leominster, MA; her daughter, Judy Selby and her husband Shane of Upton, MA and was predeceased by her son James C. Barry in 2021. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Following the murder of Barry's mother by the Reverse-Flash and his father imprisoned falsely for the crime, Barry was adopted by police officer Joe West, who had a daughter that was Barry's age named Iris.
Barry's former handler Fuches (Stephen Root) spends most of the show as a soft weasel whose jealousy makes him turn on Barry.
Barry's parents being alive in this timeline also presumably means the Alternate Barry never got his powers, though we see he eventually get superspeed in the film.
Chickie leaves her son, Michael J. Barry Jr. and his wife Kim of Leominster, MA; her daughter, Judy Selby and her husband Shane of Upton, MA and was predeceased by her son James C. Barry in 2021.
Gene discovers Barry killed Janice at the end of Season 2 and conspires with Janice's father, Jim Moss (), to pull off a sting and put Barry in prison for good.
However, while Red Death was out getting Iris, Mark and Barry ended up having a talk in which Barry told Mark that he was still Team Flash and that it was never too late for a second chance.
Instead, after one more time jump, we find Barry’s son sneaking to a friend’s house to watch the movie, which portrays Barry as a naïve victim, manipulated by Gene, a sneering criminal mastermind.
Mr Greaney, who pointed out that Barry had the same bag in his possession when he was arrested on August 24, suggested that was an example of Witham being Barry's "lackey" who "did his bidding".
Sadly, Albert's role is ignored in Season 4 once he leaves Barry, not realizing Barry would go right back to being a killer.
She is the mother of photographer Kate Barry, with her first husband John Barry; actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, with Serge; and musician Lou Doillon, with Jacques Doillon.
The core Barry Allen tries to tell his doppelgänger that they can't undo this harsh reality, but as the younger Barry has done so many times earlier in the film, he just consistently ignores him.
There is some irony in the fact that George is one of many people pursuing revenge against Barry, but his son is one of the few targets Barry didn't actually kill.
After making amends with Barry, Ralph would join Team Flash as Elongated Man where his cockiness perfectly contrasted with Barry's more serious and heroic nature.
Barry Onslow in Goreme Valley, Turkey (Image: Family Handout) With the arrival of supermarkets, Barry made the decision to convert to supplying goods to local fish and chip shops between Birmingham and Kidderminster.
Dow Corning, the Barry-based international chemical company has sites in Barry and Manchester and produces silicione.
May 25, 2000: Police arrest Barry George, also known as Barry Bulsara, following surveillance of his home.
My dear cousin John who will be sadly missed by Barry, Angie, Steven, Suzanne, Dez, Olly, Jesse, Barry, Kristy, Finn and Tilly.
There is a trial, a feud between Barry and Vanessa's boyfriend, Ken (), and a character redemption arc for Barry's friend Montgomery () after he is defamed in court.
Barry and Honey were building a new home in Forest Hill, something Honey wanted and Barry grudgingly agreed to, according to recently released police documents and interviews by the Star.
Manhattan Beach resident Kevin Campbell recalled at the time of Barry’s jubilee that he’d turned to Barry days before undergoing knee replacement surgery.
Common combinations with barry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- barry allen 15×
- barry and 12×
- of barry 9×
- and barry 8×
- barry in 7×
- barry is 6×
- manager barry 6×
- barry was 5×
- in barry 5×
- barry robson 5×