Barnes

[ bahrnz ]

noun

1. Albert Coombs [koomz], 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
2. Djuna (Chap·pell) [joo, -n, uh, , chap, -, uh, l], 1892–1982, U.S. novelist, poet, and playwright.

Barnes

/ bɑːnz /

noun

1. BarnesDjuna18921982FUSWRITING: novelist Djuna . 1892–1982, US novelist, noted for Nightwood (1936)
2. BarnesWilliam18011886MBritishWRITING: poet William . 1801–86, British poet, best known for Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect (1879)

Example Sentences

Barnes and Harper talked deeply about hockey, a subject that the prime minister has written a book about.

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In the 1990s, the same ABA filed suit against Barnes & Noble and Borders for similar practices.

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Williams explains that, to this day, he has difficulty finding tops sized appropriately for Matt Barnes.

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Her mother stood before a TV news camera with the graduation photo that to her was the real Gakirah Barnes.

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Online postings would later report that Barnes had been the “hitta,” though the police would never name her a suspect.

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Thomas Barnes, principal editor of the Times newspaper, died in London, aged 56.

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Barnes was buying it on the instalment system, and I quite won his heart by complimenting him on it.

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Mr. Barnes, who was loudly cheered on his return to the House, joined in the cry for economy.

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For every thing that he did, for every little bob, bow or gesture, the Reverend Barnes Puffin had a very good reason.

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"This is too horrible," cried the Reverend Barnes Puffin, as he vainly struggled to release the imprisoned hand.

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