barracks

Example Sentences

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She shared it with her sister and other women who slept on boards stacked up in the barracks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

L/Cpl Ryan Rudd, 28, was last seen in the early hours of 15 February on a night out at the New Inn in Selby and did not return to his barracks at Catterick Garrison.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Besides the chapel, they are a trolley station, a wing of barracks and the superintendent’s and governor’s residences.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I spoke to sources who have worked in a defense capacity, and they said most likely this was human error—that it’s right next to a barracks and it could have been an error in combat.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026

“Je suis ici,” I told him, reassuring him that I wasn’t going anywhere even while the flames at the end of the barracks kept growing.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse