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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Bompastor’s lack of reaction was telling — as referee Michalina Diakow pointed to the spot, the head coach barely looked up from her fervent conversation with Erin Cuthbert on the touchline.
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Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Wrapped in a towel, barely stirring, but slightly breathing, was a newborn baby girl buried beneath a foot of earth.
—Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
That tour starts barely two weeks after the conclusion of Sublime’s extended summer and fall tour, which concludes Saturday at Mission Bayfest.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Even with a new infusion of $15 billion of cap-and-trade funds, the California High-Speed Rail Authority barely has enough money to connect Bakersfield to Merced.
—Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
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Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Wrapped in a towel, barely stirring, but slightly breathing, was a newborn baby girl buried beneath a foot of earth.
—Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
That tour starts barely two weeks after the conclusion of Sublime’s extended summer and fall tour, which concludes Saturday at Mission Bayfest.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Even with a new infusion of $15 billion of cap-and-trade funds, the California High-Speed Rail Authority barely has enough money to connect Bakersfield to Merced.
—Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Barely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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