Example sentences for: barbarian

How can you use “barbarian” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Because sports are an outlet for our primitive barbarian hostilities?

  • Shakespeare’s “Fair Verona” of Romeo and Juliet fame, Verona was first a favorite of ancient Roman emperors and the “barbarian” rulers that followed.

  • The new religion soon cemented national solidarity in the face of more barbarian invasions, this time by the Franks.

  • If you don't believe me, watch any John Milius-written screenplay, like Conan the Barbarian ."-- Dan Ricci

  • Don Quixote is listed in the Appendix, but I could not find him in the dictionary, nor could I find quixotic, Queen of Sheba, Jeeves, Venus, Einstein (for `genius'), Hitler (for `demagogue, tryant'), Attila the Hun (for `barbarian'), Robinson Crusoe (for `castaway; lonely person')—but man Friday is in— Horatio Alger, Narcissus , etc.


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