How to Use barrier in a Sentence

barrier

noun
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  • The tree's roots serve as a barrier against soil erosion.
  • The mountain range forms a natural barrier between the two countries.
  • He argues that regulations should not be viewed as barriers to progress.
  • Both leaders are in favor of removing trade barriers.
  • Concrete barriers surround the race track to protect spectators.
  • Cultural barriers have made it hard for women to enter many professions.
  • But the barrier proved useless in the face of these flames.
    — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
  • Use a barrier between the ice and the skin to keep the tissue from being damaged.
    — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
  • Breaking style barriers Sad Breakfast didn’t want to be part of the mainstream.
    — Rodrigo Cervantes, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Soldiers are controlling the flow of foot traffic with a tank and a sand barrier.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The tire, which was still attached to the rim, struck the south barrier and continued to travel east along the barrier.
    — Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Trees can be used as an erosion barrier for sand or soil or as fish habitat in lakes.
    — Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
  • While there were already a mix of barriers installed between the bike and traffic lanes, there was still space for cars to park.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Smugglers have also dug tunnels or climbed over the barrier on ladders, or crossed at one of the wall's many gaps.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 3 June 2023
  • Both bodies, Brown added, were found north of the floating barriers Texas set up in the Rio Grande to deter migrant crossings.
    — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Officials did not share a more specific number for the cost of the barrier.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 8 June 2023
  • The county has also sought to quell rumors about just what is going on behind the barriers.
    — Karin Brulliard and Anumita Kaur, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • One of the flight crew can be seen creating a physical barrier between the couple and the other man.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The idea was to remove all barriers to coverage at a time when many were losing jobs due to stay-at-home orders.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2023
  • The silky results keep going strong, though, thanks to a cocktail of ceramides that mends your moisture barrier.
    — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But several agreed to share their stories with The Post, providing a rare glimpse of life behind the barriers.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • At the shoreline of the river are razor-wire barriers also put up at the instruction of Abbott.
    — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 23 July 2023
  • When language was a barrier, his mother used food to connect.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Texas argued the rules didn’t apply because the barrier is in a part of the river too shallow to be navigable.
    — Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • This includes the area of the road that approaches or passes the school and is not separated by a fence or other barrier.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Medicare doesn’t pay — a barrier to seniors with low or fixed incomes.
    — Judith Graham, Fortune Well, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Still, more of the products are crossing the barrier between theory and practice.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 8 Nov. 2023
  • One of the major barriers to letting AI run wild on your phone is processing power.
    — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Officials said expansion of the barrier, known as a sill, is more than 60% complete.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The shady LLMs claim to strip away any kind of safety protections or ethical barriers.
    — WIRED, 7 Aug. 2023

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