Examples of barely in a Sentence
We barely spoke the entire time we were in the car.
There are barely any new features in this software.
There is barely a difference between the two.
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The crowd continued cheering for minutes, even-handed in volume but consistent nonetheless, until Lee reemerged with a miniature curtsey, just barely hiding the biggest grin of the night.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Ohio had barely entered statehood in 1803 when thousands of Black Americans began arriving there from the South.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Still, the pipeline may only barely put Mesa’s water budget in the black under the static reduction.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The world of the early 1990s was rich with wanna-be, almost-was, and barely-were supercars, from the Jaguar XJ200 and Bugatti EB110 to the Vector W8 and the Cizeta V16T.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Ohio had barely entered statehood in 1803 when thousands of Black Americans began arriving there from the South.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Still, the pipeline may only barely put Mesa’s water budget in the black under the static reduction.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The world of the early 1990s was rich with wanna-be, almost-was, and barely-were supercars, from the Jaguar XJ200 and Bugatti EB110 to the Vector W8 and the Cizeta V16T.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Barely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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