barn door

Example Sentences

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“The backstop becomes more important when the barn door is open,” said Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

"This is not a barn door easy miss," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024

But ultimately, “access to pasture” means just that—the barn door is open, says Kestrel Burcham, a policy director at the Cornucopia Institute, a nonprofit consumer watchdog group.

From National Geographic • Feb. 16, 2024

“Old doors offer a lot of period character regardless of what era they’re from. While they’re often warped, barn door hardware can be used to create a slider for a pantry, a closet or mudroom.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

I intended to back the cart right up to the barn door, and try to get the grate that far on the sled, and then onto the cart.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien