barrier

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Kristie Puckett, a lobbyist who pushes against mass incarceration and the barriers for reentry into society, said that private prisons have “long found success hiding information” about their treatment of people detained in their facilities.

From Salon

The track was still damp and the weather was drizzly when he went off, spinning and hitting the barrier backwards.

From BBC

Some scientists were sceptical because this would require the particles to cross the powerful defences of the blood-brain barrier.

From Barron's

There aren’t a lot of barriers and boundaries to how painters experience the world.

From Los Angeles Times

In this event, both competitors are positioned on a platform high above the ground, on either side of a see-through barrier, which they have to push to the other end.

From BBC