Sentence examples for the barges from inspiring English sources

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the barges

noun

A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo

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The picket boat went after the barges.

I've trumped the barges for slowness.

Just me, the river and the barges.

Both itineraries include transfers to the barges.

The barges must be broken up to get through.

They push out the barges that carry New Yorkers' garbage.

(The barges normally accommodate 6 to 12 passengers).

The barges are emptied into freight cars at the yead of the plant, & the contents weighed.

Passengers laugh.Some of the barges moored in the channel are covered with tarpaulins.

The barges carry 30,000 tons of pig-iron, steel coils, fertiliser and furnace coke.

The barges didn't hold his interest: "It's the most boring thing in the world".

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