barely

Example Sentences

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This occurs when an impurity is so heavy that it barely moves at all.

From Science Daily

On the Richter scale of such interactions it will barely register next week.

From BBC

For both goals, his shooting leg barely swings back, which prevents keepers from being able to read the kind of shot he will take.

From BBC

"I was bleeding, I could barely walk, because I'd been pushing myself too much, pushing myself through the fatigue wanting to make senior manager."

From BBC

We barely touched the hors d’oeuvres while drooling over the cars.

From Los Angeles Times