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Examples of “barbarous” in a Sentence

3 example sentences showing how to use barbarous, grouped by meaning.

adj Extremely cruel or savage.

  • The regime was infamous for its barbarous treatment of prisoners.

adj Uncivilized or lacking in culture.

  • The travelers were shocked by what they saw as the barbarous customs of the region.
  • I felt vaguely he was a sneak, and remained quite unmollified by advances on his side, which, in a boy's barbarous fashion, unless it suited me to be magnanimous, I haughtily ignored. — Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt (1923)