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

Last month, officials from several Gulf states met defense companies at a British army barracks close to Buckingham Palace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

L/Cpl Ryan Rudd, 28, was last seen in the early hours of 15 February on a night out at the New Inn in Selby and did not return to his barracks at Catterick Garrison.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 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

For a long time I lay silent in the huge shadowy barracks restless with the sighs, snores, and stirrings of hundreds of women.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom