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 irony was unmistakable: a man who barely spoke in interviews, who shrank from the stage, whose music sidestepped every commercial instinct of his time, was now the soundtrack to a car commercial.
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arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
The Dow Jones industrial average barely cracked 1,000 that year, versus its current level of 44,000-plus.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
The bill barely made it out of the Senate earlier in the week.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 3 July 2025
House approval of the Senate text Thursday morning occurred barely 24 hours after the upper chamber’s vote.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
The Dow Jones industrial average barely cracked 1,000 that year, versus its current level of 44,000-plus.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
The bill barely made it out of the Senate earlier in the week.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 3 July 2025
House approval of the Senate text Thursday morning occurred barely 24 hours after the upper chamber’s vote.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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“Barely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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