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Examples of barnstorm in a Sentence
He spent the months leading up to the election barnstorming around the country.
The national soccer team barnstormed through the country.
Recent Examples of barnstorm from the Web
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Their early polling lead has withered in the face of Blankenship barnstorming the state and spending millions of his money.
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Though candidates — and voters — sometimes forget it, the president has no real authority to force Congress to take action on a specific issue, other than to issue broad veto threats and barnstorm for his proposals.
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Students to state lawmakers — Do Something: About 100 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School barnstormed the Capitol yesterday, talking with Attorney General Pam Bondi, Gov. Rick Scott, and several state representatives and senators.
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The Warriors had gone on an odd 15-game barnstorming exhibition schedule that passed through Hawaii and a small gym in the Ozark Mountains, and didn’t appear in the Bay Area until days before the regular-season opener.
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Formed in 1989, the band barnstormed the world, playing more than 600 gigs, from West Virginia to Spain, Seattle to Germany.
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Members of Congress occasionally expressed support for the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel — but on the expectation that no barnstorming candidate would ever dare to officially recognize Jerusalem as such if elected president.
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Brown was among a small group of filmmakers who barnstormed Southern California in the early 1960s with low-budget films about surfing and the beach lifestyle.
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For all the noise, irreverence, and distinctive retro vibes…well, the analogy of a hot rod barnstorming a funeral procession comes to mind.
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First Known Use of barnstorm
1883
BARNSTORM Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of barnstorm for English Language Learners
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: to travel to different places to give speeches, perform shows, etc.
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