barbarian
Example Sentences
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He was no Churchillian defender of Western Christian civilization against the barbarian hordes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The barbarian monarchs of the West sent hordes east—a counterinvasion we call the First Crusade.
From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024
How could baseball’s greatest position player be benched by the National Baseball Hall of Fame guardians while this ethics barbarian walks through the gate?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2024
Alan Yuhas interviewed game developers, actors and players across the Forgotten Realms, including an elf sorcerer, a half-elf druid, a tiefling barbarian and a githyanki fighter.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2023
Can there be anything more magnificent than that this barbarian lord should have all the things to be found under the heavens in his domain, fashioned in gold and silver and jewel and feathers?
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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