barracks
Example Sentences
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On the first day of class, professor Reiko Hillyer writes a quote from French philosopher Michel Foucault on the board: Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons?
From Slate • May 27, 2026
An inside student might say that prisons in eastern Oregon used to be mental institutions and Army barracks; an outside student might speak about modernity and the need for discipline and control under capitalism.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
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
Training will take place at barracks in three locations around Croatia, with recruits expected to report to the facility nearest to their homes.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
The sun was streaming through the barracks windows when we woke up.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
