barnlike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The house had a wagon-wheel chandelier and barnlike rafters — and a high ceiling that Rogers had raised while his wife was traveling abroad so he could practice roping indoors.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025
In one barnlike building, a second floor has been renovated into an airy office space with polished wooden floors and large computer monitors.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
The barnlike environs of the Lunt-Fontanne prove to be one of Broadway’s less accommodating spaces for savoring Sondheim’s intricate lyrics and Jonathan Tunick’s timeless orchestrations.
From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2023
Friske’s and King’s are two of the most popular farm stands — both low, red, wooden barnlike structures with white trim.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2021
How could she say she could see hardly anything in the morning gloom of the huge, barnlike room, the very air a soup of dust and lint?
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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