Example sentences for: barred

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

  • The bridges were barred by night with iron gates to keep the Chinese out.

  • The Guardian of London said several members of the government, including Serbian president Milan Milutinovic, attended the concert Sunday--the first in Yugoslavia by a leading Western musician since the war--but were barred from visiting the musician backstage by his staff "who wanted to avoid an embarrassing photo-opportunity."

  • For instance, it outlawed information about birth control and many other forms of free speech; it enforced Jim Crow laws in the South; it denied women the right to vote and barred them from many occupations and activities.

  • The nonprofit has been barred from returning to its 90 Church St. headquarters, across from the World Trade Center site, because of environmental concerns.

  • Last week, Bank of America and Wells Fargo barred non-customers from their Santa Monica cash machines in response to the city's ban on ATM surcharges.


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