barbed

Example Sentences

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He’ll stick around through the series, offering barbed commentary and something like support: “If I humiliate you, it’s to save you from the bigger humiliation of remaining as you are.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

“Them quills is barbed at the business end,” he said over the sound of J.W.’s squealing.

From Literature