Examples of 'they had barely' in a sentence

Meaning of "they had barely"

'They had barely' indicates that a specific group of people possessed only a minimal or negligible amount of something. It suggests that they had very little or almost none of the mentioned thing or resource

How to use "they had barely" in a sentence

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they had barely
They had barely begun their lives.
Conditions were terrible and they had barely enough to eat.
They had barely just begun traveling.
Only in this case they had barely installed the window.
They had barely any public profile.
They lived in a village and they had barely enough to eat two full meals a day.
They had barely spoken of what happened yet.
During their detention, they had barely any contact with the outside world.
They had barely enough to make ends meet.
Since then, they had barely spoken.
They had barely crossed half the continent.
Laughter And that is, they had barely left, and there was not a trace in the sand.
They had barely enough to eat.
In fact, they had barely known each other before he shipped out.
They had barely been able to retrieve the bodies.

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And they had barely cleared the trees!
They had barely enough time to send an emergency signal.
And they had barely scratched the surface.
They had barely kissed.
They had barely been on good foot with each other.
They had barely left the city behind them.
Yet they had barely gotten to know each other.
They had barely spoken a word to one another while they worked.
They had barely enough time to send an emergency signal before they were incinerated.
They had barely settled when he slowly put the capsule into motion.
They had barely walked two steps forward when the others bellowed in unison at them.
They had barely enough money left to pay the bus fare to Mazatlan.
And they had barely any food in the house, having just moved in.
They had barely understood the Section Leader 's questions.

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