Synonyms for barring

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.

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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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