barrel
noun
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
barreled
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past participleof barrel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof barrel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
barrelnouna cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
Example Sentences
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The eye of the storm barreled over the peninsular fishing village of Las Barrancas, which was largely unreachable after a swollen river caused a highway bridge to collapse.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Not long after, he attacked a terrible pass back to Iraq’s goaltender and barreled home a second score.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
In 2022 an single-engine Cessna emergency landed on the Metrolink tracks near San Fernando and Osborne streets; police had to quickly extract the pilot as a Metrolink train barreled toward the wreckage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Eastern time Sunday as a winter storm barreled across the Midwest.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
“Someone,” William barreled on, “we believe Prior Michelangelo, sent men to Ville Sainte-Geneviève to desecrate the holy dog’s grave. This girl, Jeanne, had a vision it would happen.”
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
