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Grammar : Adj
Spell : bahr-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr ɪŋ

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Définition of barring

Origin :
  • late 14c., "act of fastening with a bar," verbal noun from bar (v.). Meaning "exclusion" is from 1630s. As a preposition, "excepting, excluding," it is from late 15c. Schoolhouse prank of barring out the teacher was in use before 1728.
  • adj except for
Example sentences :
  • And while he slept the gates were closing and barring the way.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Barring the accident of money, are n't they as good men as you?
  • Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • Barring his trade, he's not so bad, as he can read and write.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Barring accidents, he could catch her if he ordered his motor-car, and left at once.
  • Extract from : « The Princess Virginia » by C. N. Williamson
  • And as I reached the porte it slid closed in my face, barring me!
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • Barring the possibilities of future avatars, I shall not promenade there again.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Barring the chimerical, that any girl may consider and most girls do, she was straight as a string.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • He did so, and opening a door, stood in front of it, barring my entrance.
  • Extract from : « A Master of Mysteries » by L. T. Meade
  • Barring these fisher-people, the miles of beach were empty as could be.
  • Extract from : « From Edinburgh to India & Burmah » by William G. Burn Murdoch
  • "Barring, of course, the unembattled stay-at-homes," he continued.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

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