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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Barba has cared for six babies, barely three weeks old, and says feeding them takes more than an hour.
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Itay Hod, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
This is Bali in the slow lane, devoid of Ubud‘s notorious traffic jams and souvenir stores, and with barely any other hotels in the surrounding area.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
The romance between her and Mario is a wisp of a thing that barely registers.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
These deep-ocean predators swim through near-freezing Arctic waters at a pace that barely registers.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
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Itay Hod, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
This is Bali in the slow lane, devoid of Ubud‘s notorious traffic jams and souvenir stores, and with barely any other hotels in the surrounding area.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
The romance between her and Mario is a wisp of a thing that barely registers.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
These deep-ocean predators swim through near-freezing Arctic waters at a pace that barely registers.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Barely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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