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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Oil prices were barely higher, giving up an earlier jump following the attacks.
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Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 23 June 2025
Built from the Ground Up, With Love Just barely out of college, the founders of Walters Wedding Estates took an extraordinary leap of faith.
—Rhiannon Frater, USA Today, 23 June 2025
At the time, Gates’s message barely registered, whereas the speeches this spring led to a prolonged cycle of anguished debate.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
But in the front, a tie waist just barely reveals swim bottoms underneath, which provide ample coverage while walking around the pool or beach.
—Claire Harmeyer, People.com, 23 June 2025
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Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 23 June 2025
Built from the Ground Up, With Love Just barely out of college, the founders of Walters Wedding Estates took an extraordinary leap of faith.
—Rhiannon Frater, USA Today, 23 June 2025
At the time, Gates’s message barely registered, whereas the speeches this spring led to a prolonged cycle of anguished debate.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
But in the front, a tie waist just barely reveals swim bottoms underneath, which provide ample coverage while walking around the pool or beach.
—Claire Harmeyer, People.com, 23 June 2025
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“Barely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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