barracks

Example Sentences

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The Vilseck military complex encompasses a barracks at the nearby town of Grafenwöhr and one of the largest training grounds in Europe, featuring high-tech live-fire ranges for tanks, artillery and aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 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

I spoke to sources who have worked in a defense capacity, and they said most likely this was human error—that it’s right next to a barracks and it could have been an error in combat.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 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