Definition of "barnstormed" [barnstormed]

• Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm. (verb)

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• "Mr. Huntsman, who only weeks ago was President Barack Obama's ambassador to China, barnstormed from Jersey City, N.J., to New Hampshire and back to Manhattan, touching each base he will need to be a contender: a lofty backdrop—the Statue of Liberty—to evoke national appeal; a pitch to voters here in centrist, coastal New England; and a pitch to donors in New York."
• "Al-Maliki, a Shiite who is trying to remain atop Iraq's parliament, has barnstormed southern Iraq and Baghdad, holding rallies at soccer stadiums and visiting tribal leaders in predominantly Shiite areas where he is popular."
• "Running neck-and-neck with Mr. Romney, Mr. Paul barnstormed the state alongside his son, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, drawing by far the youngest crowds of anyone in the race."