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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Meanwhile, Seraphina Harrigan (Mandeep Dhillon) — who barely escaped that same buzzing blade — is sitting in the back of a black SUV, her face still covered in her brother's blood.
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 18 May 2025
And the reason this is elating to watch — in the way that a movie about the making of almost any other movie might not be — is that there’s barely any separation between the film Godard is making and what’s happening off camera.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2025
In a video on TikTok with over 170,000 views, 13-year-old rough collie Junie is standing politely in the pool, barely large enough to fit his paws.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
In Tromsø, where snow still lingers on the mountains and the sun barely dips below the horizon, Norway’s national day takes on a distinctive Arctic character.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 18 May 2025
And the reason this is elating to watch — in the way that a movie about the making of almost any other movie might not be — is that there’s barely any separation between the film Godard is making and what’s happening off camera.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2025
In a video on TikTok with over 170,000 views, 13-year-old rough collie Junie is standing politely in the pool, barely large enough to fit his paws.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
In Tromsø, where snow still lingers on the mountains and the sun barely dips below the horizon, Norway’s national day takes on a distinctive Arctic character.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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“Barely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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