Sentence examples for closer to the barrel from inspiring English sources
An inch closer to the barrel of his bat, Ibanez said, and the ball might have carried for a three-run homer.
Of the technologies that are being tried out, he added, "There are some that are closer to the beaker and some that are closer to the barrel".
In our opinion these methods were sufficiently reliable to determine that the electrodes were placed within the barrel boundaries (if close to the barrel center), but due to the small size of the septa relative to the barrels, these methods were not accurate enough to distinguish between septal and barrel perimeter locations.
Use your fingers to hold the edge of the section of hair close to the barrel without burning your hair.
Even being close to the barrels gives me a spinny, achey pressure in my temples, of the kind you might experience when sniffing too much amyl nitrate.
Stay close to the barrels, but not to close.
On a day when the cost of crude hit a new 12-year low and edge closer to the $30 a barrel level, Morgan Stanley posted a forecast on Monday of $20-25 20-25rel for oil based on movements in currencies.
When you adjust for both inflation and this structural change in our energy economy, $150 is the number that is much closer to the cost per barrel it will take to have the same (negative) economic clout as the 1980 peak.
With oil prices closer to the $100 per barrel mark, the oil sands start looking like a better bet.
Back up or move closer to the plate so that the barrel of the bat is centered over the plate.
