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 occasional person on a walk or shopper at one of the barely dozen stores still open, but the sound inside the mall is mostly just silence.
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Tori Apodaca, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The fight happened barely more than two minutes after the opening puck drop.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
On Thursday, a new federal indictment was unsealed, charging Luchin with a single-day robbery spree that netted barely more than $2,800.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
The whole thing was just barely held together by bailing wire, duct tape and Band-Aids.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
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Tori Apodaca, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The fight happened barely more than two minutes after the opening puck drop.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
On Thursday, a new federal indictment was unsealed, charging Luchin with a single-day robbery spree that netted barely more than $2,800.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
The whole thing was just barely held together by bailing wire, duct tape and Band-Aids.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Barely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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