Examples of 'was barely' in a sentence
Meaning of "was barely"
This phrase indicates that something occurred to a very limited extent or almost didn't happen at all. It suggests a minimal or insufficient amount or level of something
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He just looked like he was barely holding it together.
He was barely able to button his own shirt.
The first half mile was barely manageable.
There was barely enough time to kill her.
Without the headscarf she was barely recognizable to me.
I was barely able to escape with the box.
He died when he was barely into his sentence.
I was barely conscious for several days after.
That dark era was barely ten years.
Tom was barely alive when we found him.
The second half was barely any better.
She was barely a person any more.
However it was found to be so highly unstable it was barely controllable.
There was barely any trace of his life.
His eyes were shut and he was barely breathing.
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It was barely enough to pay for my plane ticket.
It got to the point where he was barely holding on.
He was barely higher than the car door.
The coffee shop culture was barely existent.
He was barely alive when he got to the hospital.
She says the wife was barely injured.
There was barely a soul to shed a team.
When he finished the boy was barely conscious.
There was barely time for tender farewells.
The ridicule and mockery was barely contained.
Tom was barely able to get out of bed.
That magical little place was barely touched.
The church was barely able to survive financially.
She was beaten so badly she was barely recognisable.
Ink was barely dry on the divorce papers.
Producing demands for commodities was barely significant.
His objective was barely a quarter of a mile ahead.
The day was so was calm that it was barely boiling.
She was barely more than a child herself.
But for law enforcement it was barely a blip.
She was barely six months old.
That last digit was barely legible.
It was barely mentioned at all during the campaign.
Even though she was barely part of our lives.
I was barely even able to see the mountains.
The restaurant was barely open four months.
I was barely able to hold your brother back.
That last boy was barely twenty.
She was barely in her room a half an hour.
The poor girl was barely eighteen.
It was barely visible through the snow crashing.
Your presence was barely felt.
Rivera was barely guarded in his compound.
But the money he gave me was barely enough to live on.
That was barely a slap on the wrist.
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You can barely handle one woman
Things that you can barely imagine
He could barely see over the wheel
