Examples of barley in a Sentence
Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
And since 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has permitted the importing of oats, wheat, barley, and some animal products treated with chlormequat.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2024
Distillers and blenders preferred the heavier spirits produced by local barley.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Their removal comes amid a thaw in China-Australia relations that’s seen Chinese authorities steadily roll back a number of those barriers including on barley, timber, and coal.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
There is a matcha cheesecake made with creole cream cheese, matcha, and cocoa powder; and sweet egg custard, with maple syrup, amaranth, and puffed barley.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
In the years since, the site was used for malting barley.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
There were savory egg custards, rabbit terrine with pickled carrots, and lobster and barley.
—Sarah Wood, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024
Compared to other vegetables, Carolina azolla is high in zinc, manganese, iron, calcium, and potassium, and is relatively high in protein (though has less than a grain like barley).
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Middle English barly, from Old English bærlic of barley; akin to Old English bere barley, Latin far spelt
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Barley.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barley. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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