barracks

Example Sentences

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The Red Cross said military barracks "are often in isolated locations and, by their very nature, can retraumatise people who have fled conflict and persecution".

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Requesting anonymity, the source emphasised that the Lebanese army was still present at the army barracks in Nabatieh city.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 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

They were let off at some barracks that Mama said had been a center for Japanese soldiers who were being shipped out during the war.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata