Sentence examples for barrel of from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "barrel of" is a commonly used phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to a large and often unspecified amount of something. For example, you could say "He's got a barrel of money in the bank."

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A barrel of oysters cost five shillings.

The New Yorker

Take a typical barrel of oil.

The New York Times

"Now everything is a barrel of monkeys.

The New York Times - Arts

9pm Pop turkey in barrel of treacle.

The Guardian - Lifestyle

It was no barrel of laughs.

The Guardian

He's not a barrel of laughs.

The Guardian - Business

A barrel of crude has 42 gallons.

The New York Times

Not that psychiatric wards are a barrel of laughs.

The Guardian

"We were staring down the barrel of losing $115m nationally".

The Guardian

INSIDE TRACK: More fun than a barrel of Mustangs.

The New York Times

Barrel of toxic waste you can't dispose of?

The New York Times

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