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• The deckhand had to climb the pushknee to get onto the empty barge.From the entry pushknee
• What makes you think you can just barge in and make demands of the CEO?From the entry barge in
• Don't barge in on us like that again; we are presently having a meeting.From the entry barge in
• Only three horse-drawn barges remain in England, and this is the last in the West Country.2016, Hilary Bradt, Janice Booth, Slow Travel East Devon & The Jurassic Coast, page 84. From the entry horse-drawn
• The wreck grab is brought to surface where recovered wreckage is lowered onto a barge.2016, Manhar R. Dhanak, Nikolas I. Xiros, Springer Handbook of Ocean Engineering, →ISBN, page 1062. From the entry wreck grab
• When vehicles were to cross, a barge was affixed to the Minnie to carry them.2013 April 15, Mary Ann Sternberg, Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway, LSU Press, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry run
• "If I go back to Lucien's barge and swive him senseless, it is none of your concern."2013 April 23, Kristen Callihan, Shadowdance, Hachette+ORM, →ISBN. From the entry swive
• Every eye watched Baba Segi as he barged through the door of the unroofed pit latrine.2010, Lola Shoneyin, chapter 9, in The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, Harper Collins. From the entry unroofed
• And if I barge in for a collarstud, I don't suppose you'll mind!2010, Robert Keable, Though This Be Madness, page 110. From the entry collarstud
• Steamers, ferries, and tugboats pulling strings of barges behind them created rush-hour traffic on a laneless thoroughfare.2009, Jessica DuLong, My River Chronicles, page 13. From the entry laneless
• He comes barging in here as if the place belonged to him.2008, Christopher Isherwood, The Berlin Stories, →ISBN, page 175. From the entry pfui
• I wanted a barge, tugless this time, to pass in the darkness.2003, Michael Brodsky, Detour, page 193. From the entry tugless
• His hand crept further up, groinward, when Mike barged in, growling like an old werewolf.1999, Jim Provenzano, Pins. From the entry groinward
• Barge traffic on the country's most important commercial riverway is completely paralysed.1993 July 17, Rupert Cornwell, “Defences crumble as mighty rivers merge”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 19 Jan 2014. From the entry riverway
• "Great Corm on the barge—fifth bird from the left," shouted a fourth.1992, Pete Dunne, chapter 9, in The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 135. From the entry corm
• The river was astir early and late with barges, wherries, and craft of every description.1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando: A Biography, London: The Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished as Orlando: A Biography (eBook no.…. From the entry wherry
• What I didn't plan on was my mother barging in to remind me to get ready for school.2020, Ben McMahon, edited by Michael Bent, Rosalie Bent, A Man's Guide To Babying His Partner: An ABDL Help Guide, AB Discovery, page 30. From the entry goodnite
• The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend.2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News…. From the entry aground
• Increase in barge tension (at top or residual tension) would reduce the pipeline's curvature in the overbend and sagbend regions.2016, Noor Amila Wan Abdullah Zawawi, Engineering Challenges for Sustainable Future, page 109. From the entry sagbend
• As another Big bearly Man Comes barging in.2010, Clydal Vania, On the Flight to Nowhere. From the entry bearly
• Once a beach has been formed, spigoting would focus on directing the reclaim water pool toward the reclaim barge pumps.2002, Phoenix Project: Environmental Impact Statement, pages 2–31. From the entry spigot
• “Looks like we're here,” Travers said as Jade strode up the narrow walkway and barged into the waiting room.1999, Gregg Andrew Hurwitz, The Tower, page 182. From the entry barger
• Pipeable products may be moved from refinery centers to demand zones by truck, barge, intercoastal tanker or pipeline.1974, United States Congress Senate Committee on Commerce, Deepwater Port Act of 1973: joint hearings. From the entry refinery
• “The Dutch set him a honey trap, my dear, and he barged in with his eyes wide shut.”1974, John le Carré, chapter 12, in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, →ISBN. From the entry honey trap
• Refinery blending schedules are seldom followed exactly because of unexpected developments including early or late barge arrivals, misblends, etc.1968, 1968 IFAC Symposium, Optimal Systems Planning, page 227. From the entry misblend
• The Coast Guard assisted by supervising the rockdumping and by securing lines to the barges to stabilize the dump.1961, SFI Bulletin, numbers 121-140, Sport Fishing Institute, page 10. From the entry rockdumping
• There has been great controversy as to the position in the barge in which the last reel was deposited.1960, J. A Edwards, Henry Patten Henley, Lloyd's List Law Reports - Volume 2, page 658. From the entry headsheet
• By it were moored many boats and barges.1954, JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring. From the entry hythe
• His barge ycleped was the Maudelayne.a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, line 410. From the entry ycleped
• In other cities, demonstrators blocked roads, barged into City Council meetings or interrupted sessions of local lawmakers, clapping loudly and sometimes taking over the microphone.2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013. From the entry take over
• Maybe he over-learned the lesson of the clobbering Bill Clinton got when he barged into this area right at the start of his presidency.2010 October 14, “An own goal on gay rights”, in The Economist. From the entry overlearn
• The barge pulled up at the waterstop; she allowed the young men to leave first and then followed them up the incline to Greenwich Palace.2009, Virginia Henley, The Raven and the Rose, page 292. From the entry waterstop
• This was an old, feared frontierland - High Tartary or Chinese Turkestan - one sixth of all China now, which barged up against Central Asia.2006, Colin Thubron, “The Southern Road”, in Shadow of the Silk Road, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 97. From the entry Mangnai
• A mob of humans and cactacae; khepri, their scarab heads fidgetsome; vodyanoi in the canals that linked to the city, crewing openbottomed barges; rarer races.2004, China Miéville, Iron Council. From the entry fidgetsome
• Crazed romantic that he is, he barges into her apartment for a friendly pseudorape that she enjoys but that puts them both in jeopardy.2004 September 17, Stephen Holden, “Glittery Glamour and Idealism Do Battle in World War II Europe”, in The New York Times, New York…. From the entry pseudorape
• He remembers the sad, droning sound of a blowhorn from a dredge barge, a plea for help as it was swept out to sea.1998 April 19, “Back When Beach Was Best: Resident, 81, shares memories with commission”, in Miami Herald. From the entry blowhorn
• "Handlock" deck covers are available for access to tank cleaning holes and other types of openings on barges, tankers and cargo vessels.1969, Marine Engineering/log - Volume 74, page 127. From the entry handlock

Meaning of barge

1. noun A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
2. noun A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
3. noun A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.

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Questions about barge in a sentence

How do you use barge in a sentence?

Barge is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The deckhand had to climb the pushknee to get onto the empty barge.”

What is a short sentence with barge?

“His barge ycleped was the Maudelayne.”

What does barge mean?

Barge means a large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.