barbed wire
Example Sentences
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Higdon rolled under a barbed wire fence to escape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
A quarter-mile roll of barbed wire has doubled, from $60 to $130.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The album was preceded in May by “Rough and Twisted,” a wandering blues number with riffs like barbed wire, and “In the Stars,” which softens arena rock with polished backing vocals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
His custom designs range variously include the Miesha name, a half-lady ghost-butterfly, splattered imagery, quotes in cursive and barbed wire lettering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
I think of the new life we’ll have—a life of peace and happiness on the far side of the barbed wire fence, away from everything that is happening in Syria.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
