barn burner
nounDefinition of barn burner
: one that arouses much interest or excitement
the game should be a real barn burner
Examples of barn burner in a Sentence
The game should be a real barn burner.
Recent Examples on the Web
Give me the points in what should be a barn burner. — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, "Bo Nix is a liability; So are Alabama linebackers," 29 Aug. 2019 This six-piece, hard driving bluegrass band from North Carolina is sure to stir souls with their unique blend of songs, ranging range from pulse-pounding, dynamic barn burners to emotional tunes sung from the heart. — Lois Szymanski, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Central Carroll: Historical Society bringing Bluegrass, Bourbon and Bocce to Westminster, Sept. 13," 27 Aug. 2019 Last month’s jobs report was a barn burner: Employers added 313,000 jobs in February, the most in one month since 2016, and the strong labor market drew hundreds of thousands of Americans into the work force. — The New York Times, New York Times, "White House to List Chinese Products Facing Tariffs and the March Jobs Report," 1 Apr. 2018 Onetime Weinstein assistant Zelda Perkins has become the first of the producer’s former staffers to break her non-disclosure agreement in a barn burner of an interview with the Financial Times’s Matthew Garrahan. — Rebecca Keegan, HWD, "The Weinstein Company’s N.D.A. Wall Has Been Breached," 24 Oct. 2017 Three weeks in and there have been upsets, barn burners decided in the final seconds, and marquee wins that will pay dividends in late October. — Adam Baum, Cincinnati.com, "5 takeaways from Week 3 high school football in Ohio," 9 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'barn burner.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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