barked

Example Sentences

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Twenty minutes later, videos show, Secret Service officers with ballistic vests and long guns barked instructions to clear a path as they rushed into the ballroom and onto the stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

They began by fixing the pictures of some of the missing to lamp posts, the sound of their tape tearing across the noise of neighbourhood dogs which barked aggressively when they passed by homes.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Guard dogs barked in the distance while soldiers monitored the perimeter from watch towers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

“I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump,” Epstein wrote.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

He was barely through it when his mother turned her head and barked, “Mikhail, you’d better be sneaking away so you can set another place for her!”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack