The enemy laid down a 'barrage' of machine-gun fire as our platoon approached the bridge.
The public 'was barraged with' campaign ads in the months leading up to the election.
They 'were barraged' [='inundated', 'swamped'] 'with' inquiries about the job.
(..) l mean, you call a child, you say, ''Come here, come here.'' No, they don't hear that. They're gone. You say, ''Come here.'' They're just: So you have to send a barrage of ''here''s after them. ''Come here, come here, come here, come here, come here! Here!'' Sound like a tobacco auctioneer. (..)1983 Bill Cosby: Himself