English example sentences with "barely"

Learn how to use barely in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

I barely missed being struck.

I had barely got home when the storm broke.

The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape.

We could barely make out two figures in the dark.

Last night, I barely made the last train.

I barely escaped being hit by the truck.

I was barely able to work.

Brian barely has enough money so he consulted his parents.

The statesman barely coped with the intricate issue.

That child could barely manage to tie his shoes.

There were barely fifty people there.

I barely managed to catch the train.

I barely made the 9:20 train.

I barely managed to finish the letter by eleven o'clock.

I had barely got aboard when the train began to move.

My income is barely enough to maintain living.

I barely caught the train.

I barely restrained the impulse to strike him.

The statesmen are barely coping with the intricate foreign affairs.

Many women could barely spell their names.

We have barely enough bread for breakfast.

He barely missed being killed in the accident.

He barely passed the examination.

He just barely succeeded.

He had barely enough money to buy bread and milk.

He had barely enough to eat.

He barely missed being killed.

He barely escaped death.

They could barely make ends meet.

Her income barely maintained her in the lower middle class.

The refugees barely escaped death.

We sat in the nose-bleed-section and could barely see the game.

My daughter is barely fifteen.

The sun had barely risen at the foot of the mountain when she set out alone up the slope.

We're in a slump, barely scraping by, so we certainly don't have the margin to take on a part-time worker.

I can barely stand his behavior.

The shooting victim is alive, but just barely.

During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.

He barely escaped being hit and killed by a car.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.

It's a biggish chair, but it'll just barely fit through the doorway.

His car has barely been distinguishable anymore since the accident.

He just barely managed to pass the test.

I just barely managed to pass the test.

I barely passed the exam.

There were just barely over 100 houses in the village we passed yesterday.

Human ovum is barely visible to the naked eye.

Tom just barely managed to earn enough money to pay the rent.

Tom just barely earns enough to live on.

Tom had barely enough money to pay his bills last month.

Tom could barely make ends meet when he was in his early twenties.

Tom can barely speak French.

Tom barely passed the exam.

Tom barely escaped being killed by a tiger.

Tom always speaks in such a low voice that I can barely understand what he says.

Tom could barely hear what Mary was trying to say.

Tom hurt his leg and can barely walk.

Tom could barely walk.

Tom can barely see without his glasses.

We barely saw it.

Her handwriting was so tiny it was barely legible.

I can barely hear without my earphone.

I had barely got in the house when the phone rang.

I had barely got into the house when the phone rang.

After practicing for a year, she is barely able to play the piano.

He barely speaks English.

Barely an hour passes that I don't think about you with love.

They're barely paid minimum wage.

Tom was barely alive when we found him.

There barely were children in the classroom.

Barely a third of the population in this country have access to the Internet.

I had barely gotten home when the storm broke out.

Mario is so sick that he can barely move.

He can barely read.

Tom can barely afford to pay rent let alone buy a PC.

Mary's bruises are barely visible.

Tom barely studied for the exam.

I was barely able to get him out.

Excuse me, but I can barely hear you.

I can barely see it.

I can barely understand what he's saying.

Tom is barely alive.

I can barely hear you.

We barely know each other.

Once I started college, I barely had time to sleep.

I'm so tired that I can barely move.

She barely ate her lunch.

She could barely contain her excitement.

I could barely contain my excitement.

Because of the heavy fog, we could barely see the road in front of us.

We barely spoke.

We barely survived.

We've barely begun.

They barely spoke.

I can barely pay my rent.

I barely knew Tom.

Tom is barely breathing.

Tom is barely conscious.

I barely escaped getting caught.

I barely even remember Tom.

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