Sentence examples similar to faced barbs from inspiring English sources

Every northern winter, Japan faces barbs for sending a whaling fleet into Antarctic waters.

And along with media coverage that has kept his name in the news, Mr. Perry has faced some barbs about the motives and the effectiveness of his efforts.

A cat's tongue has small backward-facing barbs that help remove dead hair when grooming.

Bouncing along on keyboards one moment, facing guitar barbs the next, the French Kicks' songs are as unstable as the romances they sketch.

Bouncing along on keyboards one moment, facing guitar barbs the next, the songs are as unstable as the romances they sketch.

Candidates for president have repeatedly faced questions and exchanged barbs on the proper limits of interrogation.

For example, North American porcupine quills are featured by backward-facing deployable barbs, while African porcupine quills and hedgehog spines are smooth (Vincent and Owers, 1986; Cho et al., 2012).

During live and unscripted broadcasts the fierce rivals faced off with plenty of mud slinging, barb trading and explosive insult sharing.

She faced that accusation at a forum in Las Vegas this summer, for instance; she turned frosty and traded barbs with the audience member who made the assertion.

Winds are depicted as blowing from the direction the barb is facing.

Mr Farage said his new recruit had "bitten back" in the face of Conservative barbs.