barracks
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.
The initial housing consisted of old military barracks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Qusra Mayor Abdul Azim Wadi told the BBC that Israeli forces were using some of the vacated Palestinian houses as barracks.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“History will absolve me,” Castro said in a famous speech defending himself after his failed 1953 attack on a military barracks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Last week, the Home Office revealed it was planning to use more former military barracks to house thousands of asylum seekers after closing 20 more hotels in England.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Long before the roll-call whistle, the entire barracks was up and milling about in the dark between the cots.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
![]()