barely

Example Sentences

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“Wages are barely keeping up with prices, and prices are just starting to heat up,” University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers said on X.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

You’re barely going to have any cash left over for one of their classy $60 garden gnomes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

As a satire, it’s almost too implied — the filmmakers barely bother to develop their ideas, figuring correctly that people already agree the internet is, at best, a neutral-evil.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

When Uefa devised this system, it believed the idea of 11 teams from one country qualifying for Europe was so far-fetched as to be barely worth mentioning.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

At that point Sally the maid returns to the room, noisily clearing my barely touched plate and making a show of checking our teacups to see if they need refills.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse