barrel
noun
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
had barreled
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past perfectof barrel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In fact, the cacophony was caused by the car they had pursued, which had barreled through a fence and struck a tree.
From Washington Times ● May 10, 2023
Images of a devastating landslide on Highway 70 in Plumas County showed a deluge of rocks and vegetation that had barreled down from a mountainside and blocked the highway.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
The people I remember most from that Tuesday, when the Toronto Star dispatched me from Baltimore to the Pentagon after American Airlines Flight 77 had barreled into it, are nearly all gone.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
I found this strange, even when all we knew was that a truck had barreled through a bike path and a pedestrian area for miles on end.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2017
As if Luke had somehow missed him when he had barreled through moments ago.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
