barbs

A new documentary, "Suicide Killers," by French-Jewish filmmaker Pierre Rehov is sure to draw barbs from the other camp.

Politically Incorrect Film Explores the Mind of a Suicide Bomber | Impact Lab 2006

The barbs from the bedsprings poked into the hide.

Writing Update - DAY TWO - In a Pig's Eye deep_bluze 2005

Hewitt's edgy demeanor, if not his ill-considered barbs, is applauded by those who consider men's tennis in need of noteworthy characters.

USATODAY.com - Feisty Hewitt the new face of men's elite 2002

When the bull had received several barbs from the piccador, he was tired of pursuing the horse.

The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897

The shaft divides the feather into two broad vanes on each side, which consist of parallel branches called barbs.

Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

Naturally, many of the barbs are the usual anonymous posts fired off in the no-risk celebrity shooting gallery of the web.

Edmonton Sun 2010

Flight feathers on modern birds have a central shaft and stiff fibers, called barbs, that branch from that shaft.

Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009

Flight feathers on modern birds have a central shaft and stiff fibers, called barbs, that branch from that shaft.

American Scientist Online 2009

'barbs' -- that is, barbarians; we on the inside are Greeks.

The Cost David Graham Phillips 1889

I hadn't noticed these "barbs" in Letabundus, actually; I'd only read through about half of the hymn.

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