barrow

Example Sentences

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"Is that a marrow on your barrow, Clara?"

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

They were attempting to determine whether the barrow — originally 41 feet high and 230 feet in diameter — harbored a ship, as scholars had long suspected.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

While Daniel pushed his barrow, at the other end of the Nigerian social ladder, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice grew increasingly worried about their daughter's health.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2023

One recent night under a freezing drizzle, a man named Zarlialai, 40, leaned against his rusty barrow.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023

As he left the cobbler’s, his new shoes squeaking on his feet, he saw a peddler pushing a barrow of limes up Cornhill.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes