How To Use Barrage In A Sentence

The TV station has received a barrage of complaints about the amount of violence in the series.
Prepare to be bruised by a barrage of gentle nudging. Times, Sunday Times
To quell resistance, air strikes and artillery barrages were called in, largely demolishing the town.
Merkel went on television last night to try and limit the political fallout from her colleague's remarks, but she has encountered a barrage of criticism.
After facing a barrage of criticism from the aircraft industry, the federal government issued a call for a single tender last December, just days after Chretien left office.

The winch man was running out the cable, allowing the barrage balloon to rise.
Under a barrage of criticism from furious shopkeepers, the council admitted there were still no proper signs at the approaches to the town directing people to the public car parks.
The film star faced a barrage of criticism for his behaviour.
A situation might call for an Arclite barrage from a division of siege tanks or a deadly battleship salvo of a targeted area.
Bangladeshi water engineers say that Indian barrages, canals, reservoirs and irrigation schemes are slowly strangling the country and are stopping its development.
This is followed by a barrage of verbal abuse that leaves me feeling inferior. The Sun
I had a continual barrage of interjections - quite contrary to the speech of the Minister, to whom we gave a pretty fair hearing.
She was the fighter in our group; she could make a tough girl cry with her endless barrage of snotty remarks and catty comebacks.
He says: 'I am under a constant barrage from these people. Times, Sunday Times
The constant barrage of earnestly delivered silliness should win over even the hardest hearts.
The countryside of Pisa had been ravaged by aerial bombardments and artillery barrages, leaving only a wilderness of roofless houses and smoking craters.
The proposed tidal barrage would generate enough electricity to supply between 60 000 and 80 000 homes.
The Professor was going to pelt Hugh Mackay with a great, malodorous barrage of bunyip droppings, but then realised there wouldn't be any point.
The audience collapses in laughter, and the theater resounds with a barrage of applause.
Normally, the chief executive of the bank expects a barrage of criticism about pay and overall performance. Times, Sunday Times
First, the chef prepares the ground with a barrage of giant popovers - steaming Yorkshire puddings as big as elephant knuckles, and weighted on their tops with crusts of Gruyère cheese.
The speaker was barraged by an angry audience
Given such a barrage of facts, maybe I can understand why the city is omitted from many European tours.
A few weeks ago we had a classic example of that in a debate on the Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill.
The media barrage brought public attention, and led more people to become fans.
In the huge battles of 1914-15 Russian infantrymen had to attack unprotected by artillery barrages and often lacking even rifles.
“Every day on television we are barraged by stories of a ‘Muslim extremist, militant, terrorist, or insurgent,’” Hassan said in the 2004 release. Founder of US Islamic TV station accused of beheading wife
The winch man was running out the cable, allowing the barrage balloon to rise.
But all of us have been subjected, as reporters, to barrages of boilerplate coming from a president or a Senator or an official and so forth.
And under a barrage of criticism and doubt, they carried out their mission, and the world owes them an enormous debt of gratitude.
On September 25 police launched tear-gas barrages and high-pressure water cannon against demonstrating social security workers in downtown Lima.
My forward observers plotted their defensive concentrations and barrages where we thought they should be.
Her older siblings have tried talking to her but they are met with a barrage of abuse too. The Sun
It could easily blow up in his face amid a barrage of birdies from the European duo. The Sun
In his opinion, a network can't depoliticize the culture with a constant barrage of empty entertainment and then expect a population primed for critical thought.
The Germans blamed the defeat on the fog hampering observations, as well as the artillery barrage. Times, Sunday Times
Whatever else you made of him, when it came to delivering sustained barrages of political invective, you had to salute his indefatigability.
That was my best paraphrase of all the CNA reports about the barrage.
This eliminates the traditional requirement for an area fire or artillery barrage.
Throughout my entire disassociated life I've asked myself a barrage of answerless questions. Robitessin Diary Entry
The Calgary restaurant wine scene has come a long way since a barrage of steak houses pushed gallons of cheap plonk down our throats via the infamous half-litre carafe.
Between the two of them, they keep up a relentless barrage of badinage.
The council is standing firm against the barrage of protest.
He fell back into the bed as the sword bombarded his mind with a barrage of images, more vivid than the flicks, for he was in them. Fiddler Fair
‘Consumers are barraged by the amount of information that is published and people respond to it out of their need and people want to know how to do better,’ she notes.
Amid a barrage of criticism from the public about featherbedding and overmanning, the country's civil service is being forced to streamline and reform.
Time is running out for Srichaphan, with Agassi showing no signs of a let-up in the barrage of winners.
India in 1985 started the work on Wullar barrage on Jhelum river.
Is it merely a matter of impulse control, the same as a married person resisting the daily barrage of sexual imagery in everyday life?
Cllr Terri Welch said on Friday she was in danger of letting the town sink or swim after facing a barrage of complaints in connection with this year's carnival events and procession.
As a last example, suppose a development authority plans to build a barrage across an estuary to increase property values and generate opportunities for marina developments.
He says: 'I am under a constant barrage from these people. Times, Sunday Times
Lopsided and vulnerable, he tried to climb the barrage and get to the second balloon.
Our children are just barraged with this bad food everywhere they go.
He began juking and jinking, avoiding the deadly barrage directed at him.
Prepare to be bruised by a barrage of gentle nudging. Times, Sunday Times
An artillery barrage followed by a mass infantry attack would punch a huge hole in the German lines. The Sun
He also says the bombardment lasted for about 90 minutes, but has the infantry attack beginning while the artillery barrage is still going on.
During our talk, he barraged me with questions about my relationship with Rowen.
It is now nearly four months since police imposed a dispersal order covering Rodbourne Cheney, Moredon and Green-meadow following a barrage of complaints about rowdy youths.
Down in the press room with its barrage of electric hookups for reporters' laptops, a couple of Swiss women answered questions in perfect English.
I dreamed of someday flying in a Spad, firing tracers from my machine guns at German barrage balloons or zeppelins.
His university lectures on etymology and linguistics were standing room only, and he invariably stayed late to answer a barrage of questions.
The city is an unending test, a constant barrage of decisions about how to interact or not, whether to intervene or not.
But the State government has asked for new designs after the recent floods in which the discharge at Prakasam Barrage crossed the 10 lakh-cusec mark. The Hindu - Front Page
The Dover Barrage was a combination of nets, mines and searchlights, patrolled by light craft.
They both were subjected to a daily barrage of insults, hits, cursings, and cruelty.
Amid chaotic scenes, furious workers launched a barrage of fruit and vegetables and eggs from their packed lunches. The Sun
This sounds like a barrage of accusation—I don'tintend it to be.
There is a 5mph speed limit on the whole of the river upstream of the barrage.
It is very easy to lose your bearings as the constant sensory barrage and face to face combat can almost leave you shell shocked.
We will complete the study on the construction of a Severn Barrage.
they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
It is a constant barrage of ad hoc requests. Times, Sunday Times
An artillery barrage followed by a mass infantry attack would punch a huge hole in the German lines. The Sun
A barrage has been placed across the river Tawe to create greater tidal movement in the estuary which had been poisoned by the output of the industrial era.
This would allow pedestrians and drivers alike to enjoy their towns without a barrage of unsightly and often unnecessary signage. Times, Sunday Times
The plans include three barrage schemes and two projects involving lagoons. Times, Sunday Times
During the Cold War, the Soviets routinely barrage jammed to interfere with transmissions from the West
Channel 4 reporter and anchorman Krishnan Guru-Murthy had just finished his midday rapid-fire barrage of breaking bad news.
Ismay Macdonald and Leanne Cashion enjoyed several fine runs from defence, as the Oxford side began to tire under the barrage of pressure.
Laois stumbled under the tricoloured barrage and but for the finish which only familiarity with success breeds, might have weaved better patterns later in the game, with the gap down to just one point and Laois on the rack.
The plans include three barrage schemes and two projects involving lagoons. Times, Sunday Times
The TV station has received a barrage of complaints about the amount of violence in the series.
Caught up, willy-nilly, in lawlessness of a sort were also numberless worthy members of the public, who faced a stupefying barrage of emergency laws passed on sumptuary, economic and security grounds.
Suddenly he pulled out a silver automatic pistol and fired a barrage at the driver's head.
But really, the equivocality of the constitution and the daily barrage on the media and the journalists is symptomatic of a more fundamental fact of the Afghan society: there is an ongoing culture war in Afghanistan. Safrangُ
A barrage of sounds at frequencies just beyond human hearing could be giving people migraines, nausea and tinnitus, according to a study. Times, Sunday Times
The former international goalkeeper has faced a barrage of criticism from the some of the biggest names in Brazilian football since he succeeded Wanderley Luxemburgo last autumn.
He was subjected to a barrage of abuse this time from the right wing. Paul VI - The First Modern Pope
But even as the winners seemed to compete for the crowns of dumb and dumber, the barrage of overhype left everyone numb and number.
He and Jimmy lay beneath the wagon as a barrage of hailstones beat hard on the planks above.
From Fleet Street through to St Paul's Cathedral there was a rolling barrage of music, and great fanfares and other excitements.
The TV station has received a barrage of complaints about the amount of violence in the series.
Britain will slip back down the medals table and no doubt run into a barrage of press criticism about why we can't win anything any more. Times, Sunday Times
The constant noise of the battle gave way to a barrage of artillery shells shrieking through the canopy.
I glanced up amid the barrage of heavy gunfire. Times, Sunday Times
They knocked in a barrage of goals in the first two rounds, displaying a consistency sorely lacking in the past.
Attempts to smash wire defences by artillery barrage were seldom successful.
Look out for a barrage of new - and - improved graphics cards, cases, coolers, mobos and other gear to flood the channels during the rest of the year.
She was the fighter in our group; she could make a tough girl cry with her endless barrage of snotty remarks and catty comebacks.
Wasps held on through a barrage of scrums close to their line and defended well, albeit against some rather predictable attacks. Times, Sunday Times
The rebel forces had launched their latest offensive in mid-March with a sustained artillery barrage and ground attack.
The film star faced a barrage of criticism for his behaviour.
Plaid Cymru should use its position in government to oppose the building of the Severn Barrage "megalith", the editor of a Welsh language green magazine has told Golwg. Archive 2007-10-01
The barrage will be beyond it, round the bend.
When he recovered he confronted me in a threatening manner, before leaving in a barrage of shouted obscenities.
The barrage was built in 1974-75 and an agreement to protect from the unilateral withdrawal of water by India took 20 years of diplomatic efforts. Global Voices in English » Bangladesh, India: Tipaimukh Dam And Transparency
It was only in the heat of battle, when faced by an electorate traditionally hostile to Tories and a barrage of questions from SNP opponent Nicola Sturgeon, that she says the truth began to dawn.
Literally, it's just been a continual barrage of stories of finding beheaded bodies and unearthed graves," said John Hanratty , the company's chief marketing officer. Mexico Tourism Feels Chill of Ongoing Drug Violence
Yet despite this, the state still had to face down a barrage of criticism both at home and abroad for its handling of what the United Nations has called the world's biggest disaster.
The administration has sought to minimize the damage with a barrage of doubletalk that even the subservient media has been unable to swallow.
Suddenly it came under a concentrated barrage of German artillery and machinegun fire.
Normally, the chief executive of the bank expects a barrage of criticism about pay and overall performance. Times, Sunday Times
I urge him to stop any move to allow the barrage project to continue to be used as a party political football.
Nonetheless, Yamal Nenets are currently showing signs of stress adapting to the recent barrage of simultaneous changes in their homeland – from health and demography [3] to questions of land tenure [4] and increasingly severe "overgrazing", predation, and poaching on reindeer pastures [5]. Climate change impacts on the Yamal Nenets of northwest Siberia
Delightfully shameless, he chats his way though a barrage of rapid-fire lessons on how to schmooze, write, produce, direct, distribute, act and scam your way through the rather sordid underbelly that is the film biz.
But that decision has drawn a barrage of criticism.
Its superstructure began to fissure and crack apart from the concentrated barrages.
And this week work started on the Tees Barrage which will transform the river.
There's a lot of full-on tenor sax blasting over ferocious percussion barrages.
First, the chef prepares the ground with a barrage of giant popovers - steaming Yorkshire puddings as big as elephant knuckles, and weighted on their tops with crusts of Gruyère cheese.
When Kait went downstairs that morning after taking a long, soothing shower, Aunt Sally immediately barraged her with questions.
Even after the pullback, Libyan forces barraged Misrata with dozens of rockets every day, inflicting some of the heaviest casualties of the past two months. Gadhafi's grip on western Libya slipping
The aim is to disorientate and confuse the suspects, as they face a barrage of questions about their activities in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
She visibly shrank in the face of a barrage of baritone braying, her voice faltering and fading as she gamely struggled on. Times, Sunday Times
Courageously, he followed the company commander through mine fields and through the most intense artillery and mortar barrages.
So I was subjected to a barrage of enquiries which included ‘What is the most shocking news you've ever heard?’
Indians say the barrage would maintain the water level up to 4,000 cusecs round the year, thus making river navigable between Baramulla and Srinagar.
Handling problems and dealing with a nonstop barrage of calls is probably more than can be efficiently handled by a few yellow stickies.
We are barraged by 'experts' telling us in primetime, that the Goal of Life is, in essence, to be self-obsessed - that the Purpose of life is to be Happy. What is Otherness?
Chiyotaikai, who was handed his fourth straight loss of the 15-day tourney, went on the attack in the penultimate bout with a barrage of arm thrusts.
In one particularly engaging scene a barrage of news reports on black ‘suspects’ is pasted over the quickening thump of a heartbeat.
The apparently coordinated attacks overloaded the sites with a barrage of messages generated by hackers.
With a big serve and a walloping double-handed backhand, Safin is apt to overwhelm opponents but Haas has some big strokes of his own and to his credit withstood the barrage.
Rotherham council chiefs are expected to be given a rough ride this evening as they face a barrage of questions from angry parents protesting against a proposed school closure.
The Bill's initial popularity began to wane after an intense media barrage of highly critical commercials.
I was barely able to keep up with the barrage of verbal assaults coming my way.
Panzer Elite Mortar Halftrack barrage tuned by adding 1 s to each cool down.
Seven of the barrage's gates were damaged by air-to-ground missiles.
He was subjected to a barrage of abuse this time from the right wing. Paul VI - The First Modern Pope
The City also wants to take it easier after yesterday's barrage of trading statements from blue chip companies.
In clothes stores, sandwich bars, gyms and coffee shops we face a constant barrage of background music - music we notice but rarely listen to.
The City also wants to take it easier after yesterday's barrage of trading statements from blue chip companies.
The park has been been forced to call in pest experts and put up warning signs after the barrage of complaints. Times, Sunday Times
It opens with him calling for cover as he tries to sneak behind enemy lines amid a barrage of fire. Times, Sunday Times
The council is standing firm against the barrage of protest.
Before the construction of dams and barrages, floodwaters would spill out of the river's banks and, channeled by sluices and dikes, cover most of the agricultural land.
a barrage of acid comments
The spinner sent down a brace of maiden overs while Flintoff kept up his barrage.
His comments come after the train operator, which runs services mainly between Sheffield and London, has faced a barrage of criticism over poor performance.
He was subjected to a barrage of abuse this time from the right wing. Paul VI - The First Modern Pope
The magazine's oversize format, barrage of type and pictures and thin paper with rich rotogravure color look both stylish and cheesy. The 'Talk' Of The Town
The argument of Consumed is a barrage of small facts tenuously connected by undermotivated pet theories exhumed from the graveyard of 20th century social theory — Freud, Marcuse, Adorno, In Search of Higher Pleasures
On the other front, Germans frequently mistook Soviet mortar barrages for aerial bombardments.
In clothes stores, sandwich bars, gyms and coffee shops we face a constant barrage of background music - music we notice but rarely listen to.
Since I have been on my feet I have faced a continuous barrage of interjections.
That said, this jagged, unpolished barrage of drums, Melvin Van Peebles samples and dime-bag craziness wouldn't be complete without the voices of reason: Quas and Madlib.
The authority is hoping to collect as much information as possible on the Tees course fishery in the light of the river's barrage development.
In a barrage Monday night, a missile crashed into a bus stop in Ashdod, 23 miles from the Gaza Strip. As They Were Picking Up The Dead Out Of The Broken Glass Yes It’s Number One, The Radio Said, Groovy Times Have Come To Pass | ATTACKERMAN
It could easily blow up in his face amid a barrage of birdies from the European duo. The Sun
Newdow, 50, held his own under a barrage of fast-paced questions.
An uncomfortable silence hung over them like a nasty fog as she waited for a gasp of shock and a whole barrage of scolding to fall onto her sister, but none came.
She faced a barrage of criticism from people who reckoned she would not be able to cope. The Sun
The point defense batteries opened fire with barrages of plasma cannon fire.
In over a decade of my experience as a fashion stylist, I have dressed tons of buffed models who also tried on a barrage of bathing suits until we found the perfect fit.
My use of ‘Yanks’ recently triggered a barrage of criticism from readers suggesting the word was a term of abuse.
Is it possible to maintain a relationship without telling your partner you are being subjected to a constant barrage of abuse? Times, Sunday Times
Residents woke yesterday morning to a town besieged by press and police, and a barrage of unanswered questions. Times, Sunday Times
The treaty bars setting up barrage and disallow storage of waters of rivers flowing from Kashmir into Pakistan.
Laois stumbled under the tricoloured barrage and but for the finish which only familiarity with success breeds, might have weaved better patterns later in the game, with the gap down to just one point and Laois on the rack.
The lifting of the barrage as the infantry went in was signaled to the eye when the canopy of shell-smoke began to grow thin and gossamery for want of fresh bursts and another was forming beyond, as if the master hand at such things had lifted a long trail of cloud from one set of crests to another; only, nature never does things with such mathematical precision. My Second Year of the War
An awful sentimental barrage of mawkish music informed us of an appropriate emotional response.
Kim has managed to exploit the barrage of pressure from abroad to force through changes.
Many were crumbling and falling in on themselves because of the massive artillery barrage that had taken place.
We can view each individual katana slicing enemies, while barrages of arrows thin out the enemy lines - pure eye candy. The Sun
Jessie's e-mail reply has given rise to a barrage of complaint, with memories of her earlier stuck-up posture still fresh in clients' minds.
Britain will slip back down the medals table and no doubt run into a barrage of press criticism about why we can't win anything any more. Times, Sunday Times
You would think the Aussies would want to avoid the barrage of taunting texts from friends and family back in Blighty. Times, Sunday Times
The proposed tidal barrage would generate enough electricity to supply between 60 000 and 80 000 homes.
They launched a barrage of attacks, and again the locks were heavily involved. Times, Sunday Times
They built a barrage across the bay.
In a welcome burst of committed journalism, the press also let loose with a barrage of criticism.
The barrages separated the river from the sea, and had a disastrous impact on fish that rely on annual migrations upriver to spawn.
Though MacArthur forbade air attacks against the city (which had been his home for much of his adult life) heavy artillery barrages by both sides levelled much of what the fires had left standing.
On this occasion I went over the hillside farm, and the same thing happened; the Germans spent most of the night in heaving shrapnel and high-explosive gas shells into us, and at dawn they dropped one of the heaviest protective barrages for their own men that I have ever seen them start, but they were not quite on to the game our boys had played, because half an hour before, our men, with the companies that were supporting them, crept out into No Man's Land as close up to the German trenches as they could get with any degree of safety, so that when the Germans dropped their barrage on the front line there was nobody there but the wounded. The Artillery at Passchendaele
What passengers would be so pressed for time that they would spend the entire night sending out a barrage of e-mails?
The U.N. Secretary General is facing a barrage of criticism tonight from an unexpected quarter: his own staff.
She waits for another useless barrage of platitudes and axioms, but all she catches is the harsh rasp of his breathing.
Though the barrage of checks and rechecks can get annoying, it doesn't bother me; anything in order to fly safely.
Suddenly he pulled out a silver automatic pistol and fired a barrage at the driver's head.
The barrage is part of a global campaign to convince the outside world that Venice is not about to sink beneath the waves. Times, Sunday Times
In the sudden silence my ear drums continue to pulse, as if the barrage of sound jolted them still.
Behind every food scare, there is a barrage of claims and counter-claims, hyperbole and damage limitation.
The reporters kept up a constant barrage of questions.
The two fighters were driven off by a barrage of anti-aircraft fire.
Mr Newman says the Kansan medical authorities were about to revoke Dr Tiller's licence following ethical complaints, though Dr Tiller had stayed open for decades despite a barrage of similar ones.
But after facing a barrage of complaints and an auditor's savage report four years ago, Bradford Council was forced to admit it had failed its tenants.
So I thought the night after that whole barrage kind of climaxed, it would be a good opportunity to offer people a chance to spend ninety minutes and find out why this thing happened. Democracy Now!
Finally, British gunners had perfected the ‘creeping barrage’ - an advancing line of gunfire behind whose cover the infantry could assault to within yards of the enemy positions.

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