barely

Example Sentences

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"The idea that this small compound, which people have barely heard of, plays such an important role, is fascinating."

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Burnt garlic is acrid and unforgiving; here, it should dissolve into the base of the sauce, barely visible but deeply present.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

The remainder are either unchanged or barely changed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

A spokesperson for the couple said the stone walls and turfed roof would make it barely visible, and that the energy efficient house would be used as a "family, forever home".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

“The front is barely thirty kilometers that way.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse