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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At first crews will spend just two weeks aboard per rotation—barely time to unpack compared to the year or more some ISS astronauts are aloft.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
Fishback, 31, barely edged across the 30-year-old minimum age to run, a likely asset in courting Nick Fuentes and the far-right podcaster’s youthful Groyper audience.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
Small light pink dots are barely there, but come together for a look that is chic and neutral.
—Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 2 Jan. 2026
Last season, teammates and coaches joked that Brooks barely said 20 words to anyone in the building.
—Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
Fishback, 31, barely edged across the 30-year-old minimum age to run, a likely asset in courting Nick Fuentes and the far-right podcaster’s youthful Groyper audience.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
Small light pink dots are barely there, but come together for a look that is chic and neutral.
—Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 2 Jan. 2026
Last season, teammates and coaches joked that Brooks barely said 20 words to anyone in the building.
—Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Barely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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