Etymology
Origin of barbed
Example Sentences
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He’ll stick around through the series, offering barbed commentary and something like support: “If I humiliate you, it’s to save you from the bigger humiliation of remaining as you are.”
From Los Angeles Times
Four spent their military service stationed near the heavily fortified inter-Korean border, known for barbed wire, harsh winters and intense training.
From Barron's
We marched along a path between twisted rolls of barbed wire and through a wide gate into a compound of low tin-roofed barracks.
From Literature
And I hated living behind barbed wire, unable to go where I wanted, do what I wanted.
From Literature
“Them quills is barbed at the business end,” he said over the sound of J.W.’s squealing.
From Literature
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