How to Use barge in a Sentence

barge

1 of 2 noun
  • With all this ice, barges get stuck.
    — Megan Shinn, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • All the barge lacked was a place to go.
    — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • No one is known to have been on the barge when it was struck.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There’s a small barge in a canal with a pole mounted on the front.
    — Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The barge captain is not named in the lawsuit.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
  • At last, the whale glided into the barge.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • The crew stayed in a barge that had pulled into the harbor there.
    — William Earl, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
  • After sunset, the barge set out for sea.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • Soy can come north to there by truck or on river barges from smaller ports.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The plane, about 60 tons is much lighter than the barge, Lenox said.
    — CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Next summer, the plan is for a barge to bring over the drilling rig to start the first well.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There is a really cool cocktail bar on a barge there.
    — AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
  • The barge was moored about 25 miles northwest of Ketchikan.
    — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Ukraine has also stepped up exports by train, truck and river barge.
    — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • Optional use of short-oval barge boards at road and street course race weekends.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The counselor and two girls were dragged under the barge, but were able to escape.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Two deceased were on the helicopter, not the barge.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • SpaceX goes further, landing the first stages on an ocean barge and reusing them.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Fireworks will be launched off the two towers of the bridge and from barges in the water.
    — Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • The wreck of a colossal oil barge is home to some of the bay's most stunning marine life.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The wreck of a colossal oil barge is home to some of the bay's most stunning marine life.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The event is capped with a fireworks show, with lights shooting from a barge in the channel.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • York helped row and tow the party’s barge, which was the size of a semi-truck trailer.
    — Craig Fehrman, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • York helped row and tow the party’s barge, which was the size of a semi-truck trailer.
    — Craig Fehrman, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
  • It is used in trucks, trains and barges that transport goods to market among other things.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Chopper 3 was over the scene where three boats were spraying water on the barge.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The barge, now with a bridge chained to it, pulled out and down the Seekonk River.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • It's then sent by barge to West Elizabeth.
    — Mamie Bah, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • So there is a channel usually deep enough for barges needing nine feet.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Crews will continue to free the remaining barge stuck on the dam.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023

barge

2 of 2 verb
  • She barged through the door without even knocking.
  • He came rushing down the stairs, barging into the crowd of people at the bottom.
  • Once again, a bot has barged its way into trouble.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 June 2026
  • The roommates told deputies that the two men knocked on the door, then barged their way in.
    — oregonlive, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Two-Face's whole role is to barge into scenes with a machine gun.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Don’t go overboard by barging ahead, come hell or high water.
    — Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The gunmen shot them through the door, barged into the room and shot each child once more in the head.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Man-of-the-match lock Emmanuel Meafou then barged over for his first test try.
    — ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Neusch barged past the couple on the stairs and released a flock of insect drones from his leg pouch.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • At that point, authorities say Best barged in with a gun in hand.
    — Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Then Worldwide Wes barges into the room.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
  • Xiuhua said the men barged into the house and grabbed Fangfang.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Her nephew, who lives in the same home, would repeatedly barge into her room.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • After the door opens, a group of officers barge in, yelling commands.
    — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
  • School officials barged into their dorms that night, the women said.
    — Zixu Wang, New York Times, 3 June 2023
  • No, Erling, don’t barge into him like that; lead with the shoulder just a touch more.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 9 May 2023
  • Britney had a fear that her family would barge in and take everything.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Some who did enter had their seats taken by those who barged through security.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • The man pulled up in his pickup truck as Belle and Cal got ready to barge into a trailer.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • Tate lived at a moment when the counterculture barged in on the martini set and tore up the rules.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, chicagotribune.com, 26 July 2019
  • His reward was to seal the win with a late penalty after Everton had been barged over.
    — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 7 July 2019
  • The same front is forecast to barge toward the East Coast on Sunday.
    — Kelly Kasulis Cho, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Servicemen barged into movie theaters and stripped off the zoot suits of anyone wearing them.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • Then, however, the public barged in, the unruly mob at a lavish town hall meeting.
    — Mike McCahill, Variety, 14 May 2023
  • Officials have identified a third victim from a boat and barge crash this month that left four injured and three dead.
    — Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The captain got a second try, and teammate Paul Lasike also barged over.
    — Foster Niumata, Houston Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Every necessity, such as fuel, food and water, had to be barged in.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The victim was hanging out with some friends when the rival group barged into the restaurant and launched their attack.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026
  • The victim was hanging out with friends when a group of rival teens barged into the restaurant and launched their attack.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
  • Nine body cameras are rolling as the officers use a battering ram to break open her door and barge into her home, guns drawn.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2020

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