How to Use barge in a Sentence

barge

1 of 2 noun
Definition of bargenext
Synonyms for bargenext
  • The plane, about 60 tons is much lighter than the barge, Lenox said.
    — CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The barge, now with a bridge chained to it, pulled out and down the Seekonk River.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The crew stayed in a barge that had pulled into the harbor there.
    — William Earl, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The fort would have witnessed the heyday of the sailing barges.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the crash that freed the barges.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The lines between the steamer and schooner barges were cut and Ironton’s crew was adrift in the dark.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The use of barges to house migrants has proved contentious.
    — Karla Adam, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Stephanie and Johnny are carried on a barge into the middle of the pool as the king and queen.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The wreck of a colossal oil barge is home to some of the bay's most stunning marine life.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The event is capped with a fireworks show, with lights shooting from a barge in the channel.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • And then, moments later, the Falcon 9 first stage is back on Earth, on the barge.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 14 Oct. 2022
  • One barge remains lodged against the dam, Wethington said.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 7 Apr. 2023
  • SpaceX goes further, landing the first stages on an ocean barge and reusing them.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 4 Nov. 2022
  • According to the Coast Guard, the man was dragged by a barge and had been in the water but was alert and conscious.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 6 Mar. 2023
  • But the bridge is still too low for the barge carrying sludge once a week from a site in Bergen County, N.J.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Without it, Tristanians wouldn’t be able to send the barge out to meet the next ship.
    — Sasha Chapman, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Crews will continue to free the remaining barge stuck on the dam.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
  • During a fight on the sail barges, Hamill's Luke delivers a huge air kick that knocks the bad guy back.
    — Ryan Parker, Peoplemag, 28 May 2023
  • So, why were the Vineyard Wind 1 blades delivered on a barge?
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 3 Feb. 2024
  • It’s built entirely of rock mined from a quarry and pushed off a barge into the ocean.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The rock was transferred by crane onto smaller barges, which a tiny tug named the Capt. Curtis pushed to the site.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
  • One month later, the last of three barges that had been lodged against a dam on the Ohio River in Louisville has been removed.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2023
  • There were parts of the Gayle Staples, another iron ore barge.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The cost of restoring and preserving the sailing barges is beyond the means of most patrons.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • From March 29:Louisville's water is clean, city says, with barges loose on Ohio River.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The sounds of drilling echoed across the Buena Vista Lagoon from a small barge anchored in the weir basin Wednesday morning.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • In late February, a 393-foot barge chugged around the eastern tip of Martha’s Vineyard.
    — Will Sennott, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The equipment barges banged into the bridge with great force, breaking parts of the railing and wrecking the bridge’s wooden planks.
    — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But the effort to rehouse migrants on the barge has been beset with problems.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Grainy footage released by the military showed a truck on a pier approaching the barge.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
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barge

2 of 2 verb
  • She barged through the door without even knocking.
  • He came rushing down the stairs, barging into the crowd of people at the bottom.
  • The roommates told deputies that the two men knocked on the door, then barged their way in.
    — oregonlive, 21 Feb. 2020
  • The gunmen shot them through the door, barged into the room and shot each child once more in the head.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Xiuhua said the men barged into the house and grabbed Fangfang.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The same front is forecast to barge toward the East Coast on Sunday.
    — Kelly Kasulis Cho, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The ball was snapped to the special-teams captain, Jalen Reeves-Maybin, who barged through a stack of Chiefs to gain the first down.
    — Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Two-Face's whole role is to barge into scenes with a machine gun.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2022
  • That’s when Cosby tried to barge into the car, police said.
    — Gal Tziperman Lotan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 July 2018
  • No, Erling, don’t barge into him like that; lead with the shoulder just a touch more.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 9 May 2023
  • Fighters would barge in demanding food or drinks and Mr. Pagoulatos obliged, to keep the group safe.
    — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • When Kevin Durant barged into James, a charge was called.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 1 June 2018
  • The man refused and tried to close the door, but the other man shoved him to the ground and barged into the apartment, according to police.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 14 Feb. 2020
  • At that point, authorities say Best barged in with a gun in hand.
    — Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Into this mess barged Michael Bloomberg with his billions.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New York Review of Books, 27 Feb. 2020
  • After the door opens, a group of officers barge in, yelling commands.
    — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The captain got a second try, and teammate Paul Lasike also barged over.
    — Foster Niumata, Houston Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Tate lived at a moment when the counterculture barged in on the martini set and tore up the rules.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, chicagotribune.com, 26 July 2019
  • His reward was to seal the win with a late penalty after Everton had been barged over.
    — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 7 July 2019
  • In the second of three additional minutes at the end of the game, the ball fell to Dybala on the edge of the penalty area who was able to barge his way into the box.
    — SI.com, 3 Mar. 2018
  • School officials barged into their dorms that night, the women said.
    — Zixu Wang, New York Times, 3 June 2023
  • The chief barged into the police interrogation room where the man, handcuffed to the floor, called him a pervert.
    — New York Times, 17 Dec. 2019
  • The study authors expected this, as N isn’t involved in helping the virus barge its way into a host cell.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The young Wests barge in while their mom tries to film makeup tutorials, and Kim’s patience runs thin.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Then, however, the public barged in, the unruly mob at a lavish town hall meeting.
    — Mike McCahill, Variety, 14 May 2023
  • Stoute says that Combs and two men barged into his New York City office and attacked him with a champagne bottle.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The woman barged into the aisle and demanded the man in front of her move immediately.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Prior to the pursuit, police said Shriver barged into his ex-girlfriend’s home and fired a gun.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The news of hooded gunmen barging into a live television show and taking hostages in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city and chief port, reverberated around the world Tuesday.
    — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • After students at a film school in Pune promoted the documentary screening, a group of more than 20 men barged onto campus on Tuesday, scuffled with students and set their posters aflame.
    — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024

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