barracks

Example Sentences

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“It’s not just finding barracks for the troops to sleep,” Hodges said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Up to 350 illegal migrants have been moved to the Crowborough military barracks in East Sussex.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Besides the chapel, they are a trolley station, a wing of barracks and the superintendent’s and governor’s residences.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Where dinosaur tracks coexist beside spooky rows of barracks left from a 16th-century monastery, there’s a spectacular view of coastline all the way back to the white spires of Lisbon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Most days I hauled lumber, rocks, and dirt to build more barracks.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson