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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That’s because today’s closed captioning system for deaf-accessible subtitling, which dates back to 1971 and has barely changed since this time, doesn’t convey any of these key elements.
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Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Doctors told her the knife barely missed her major organs.
—Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 11 Sep. 2025
Yet the sudden ubiquity of this phrase also reveals the extraordinary pressure the young-adult generation feels to decipher a puzzle-like economy that barely rewards their best efforts.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
The NewKids, on the other hand, barely needed us.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Doctors told her the knife barely missed her major organs.
—Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 11 Sep. 2025
Yet the sudden ubiquity of this phrase also reveals the extraordinary pressure the young-adult generation feels to decipher a puzzle-like economy that barely rewards their best efforts.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
The NewKids, on the other hand, barely needed us.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Barely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barely. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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