barged

past tense of barge

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of barged Twenty years after Frank and Marie last barged into Ray and Debra’s house, the Barones are back — returning to CBS for one night only. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025 Authorities believe Dear first shot at people near his truck, then shot people in front of the clinic, then barged inside and continued shooting. Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025 Thus, when two disheveled men barged into one camp on Sunday, the burners who encountered the thirsty strangers were understandably uneasy. Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025 Streamers like Netflix and Apple TV+ barged into the marketplace with incredibly deep pockets and threw the price structure for making and acquiring TV movies all out of whack. Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025 Over the past two weeks, oyster farmer Graham Platner and brewer Dan Kleban barged into the state’s Democratic primary. Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Her baby's father answered the door with his eyes bugging out, and Frierson barged in to find two other guys, needles, spoons and powder on the table. Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barged
Verb
  • Amid the hangover of the 0-4 start, students shuffled out their dorms, lured by free food and faint promise of school spirit at the Rose Bowl.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Restyle Soft Goods Soft goods like accent pillows, throw blankets, and even curtains can be easily shuffled around to refresh your space, Reinhard says.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By Dom Luszczyszyn, Sean Gentille and Shayna Goldman Coming into last season, the Washington Capitals had taken major steps to improve a roster that, by plenty of measures, had fluked its way into the postseason and summarily gotten stomped in the first round.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • When the band quickly left before the encore, the elated, yet sweaty, audience clapped their hands and stomped their feet without virtually anyone leaving the building.
    Josh Chesler, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Except, of course, for that old dinosaur that somehow stumbled into a misplaced DeLorean, fired up the flux capacitor, and time travelled from the stone ages straight to the Uli beach.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Determined to keep searching, Hollie eventually stumbled on a TLC episode featuring a boy named Gio, who also had Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Barged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barged. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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