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

The “urban one bedroom” he shared with his longtime roommate in Bellevue was 600 square feet with just a barn door for his roommate’s room and the hallway/living room area for him.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

"Slamming the barn door and stomping off like that. I'd like to ask her about the escaping pony, but I don't think she'll want to talk to us right now."

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene