barnstormed
past simple and past participle ofbarnstorm
barnstorm
verb[IorT]
mainlyUSuk/ˈbɑːn.stɔːm/us/ˈbɑːrn.stɔːrm/totravelto a lot ofsmalltownsand makepoliticalspeechestotryto get people'svotesorsupport:
Heplansto barnstormacrossthestatetogeneratepublicsupport.
In the past, to barnstorm was totravelto a lot ofsmalltownsandperformflyingtricksinaircraft.
Elections
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- absentee voter
- absentee voting
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- exit poll
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- flip
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- primary
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- proxy
- proxy vote
- proxy voter
- votesomethingthrough
- voting
- voting booth
- voting machine
- voting slip
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Examplesofbarnstormed
barnstormed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He worked in a paper company andbarnstormedthe area with his baseball team.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To put himself through school, hebarnstormedand ferried aircraft.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Knutson financed her run by selling some land she had inherited from her father, and thenbarnstormedacross the district, driving into farmers' fields to talk to them personally.
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