barbed wire

Example Sentences

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Four spent their military service stationed near the heavily fortified inter-Korean border, known for barbed wire, harsh winters and intense training.

From Barron's

We marched along a path between twisted rolls of barbed wire and through a wide gate into a compound of low tin-roofed barracks.

From Literature

And I hated living behind barbed wire, unable to go where I wanted, do what I wanted.

From Literature

But which in the war, in the French terminology of the war, meant “barbed wire.”

From Literature

In Jhapa, soldiers with armoured trucks manned barbed wire barricades around the counting centre.

From Barron's