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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But Saiss, the former Morocco international who returned for a visit and was welcomed onto the pitch before the 1-1 draw against Fulham on Sunday, and Jimenez, who featured for the visitors as a second-half substitute, must barely have recognised the place.
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Steve Madeley, New York Times, 18 May 2026
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Steve Madeley, New York Times, 18 May 2026
Dramatic barely begins to describe the mountainous Nāpali Coast, a sacred 17-mile stretch of Kauaʻi’s North Shore.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
Reruns and syndication were barely a thing, so the contracts were just not conducive to residuals.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Many of the farmers are immigrants who were barely eking out a living even before the storms, Miyamoto said.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
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“Barely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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