barely

Example Sentences

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I was just barely getting used to Gen Alpha, or the concept that there are Gen Z parents already.

From Salon

They have barely done anything to suggest otherwise over the past month.

From BBC

The yen was barely moved against the dollar Friday, though observers see it strengthening as the Fed cuts rates at the same time the BoJ lifts them.

From Barron's

My family sat down to watch the menorah lighting, and I went to get food, barely 50 feet away.

From The Wall Street Journal

In their telling, the country was on its last legs, barely functioning.

From Salon