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
For a primary suite in the barnlike addition to one house, Wright chose barn board with knots to create rustic-looking ceilings.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
The auction house is a local institution in a huge barnlike building where everything from antiques to bear traps can be available.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2021
The new molding, drywall, tiles and custom, barnlike ceiling he had built by hand were ruined.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2018
The hulking Mark I, not yet dismantled, still sat in its barnlike home: a corrugated metal building the length of a football field that hove into view while they were still miles away.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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