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Examples

  • "Pre-sale tickets for this show are available NOW at Ticketweb and the password is 'barbedwire'."

    This Is Fake DIY 2009

  • And while we wait, let the “shovel ready” projects of the new stimulus package include the construction of a barbedwire concentration camp large enough to house all of these reptiles. abraham

    Pity for a Constitution Stomper? « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

  • Sometimes the nasty tangle of a barbedwire gate interrupts the hiking.

    Hike to Cuastecomate, Jalisco 2007

  • Sometimes the nasty tangle of a barbedwire gate interrupts the hiking.

    Hike to Cuastecomate, Jalisco 2007

  • She was dragged for nearly two miles as her assailants swerved into a barbedwire fence in an apparent attempt to dislodge her.

    A New Terror On The Road 2008

  • The absence of barbedwire fences and watchtowers was a welcome change.

    i will plant you a lilac tree LAURA HILLMAN 2003

  • The absence of barbedwire fences and watchtowers was a welcome change.

    i will plant you a lilac tree LAURA HILLMAN 2003

  • A barbedwire fence, a thousand yards from its base in all directions, held back the crowds.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • A barbedwire fence, a thousand yards from its base in all directions, held back the crowds.

    The Man Who Sold The Moon Heinlein, Robert A. 1953

  • Joe trudged to the barbedwire enclosure around the officers 'quarters area, and explained to the sentry there where he wanted to go.

    Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953

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