barely audible
Example Sentences
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Their task was to adjust the volume until each sound was just barely audible over the noise.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
Crowds pressed around an ice rink blasting Christmas classics, barely audible over the joyous screams of children swaying on a pendulum ride nearby.
From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025
Through heavy static, barely audible answers crackle over from a crew member, who gradually lists the ship's insurance details, flag state and last port of call – Suez, Egypt.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025
Dynamics were also crucial: When Jesus cried out on the cross in the “Tenebrae” responsory, “exclamavit” was startlingly loud; his death, “emisit spiritum,” was barely audible.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
“She works in the garden, sir,” I said, the words barely audible, and the word garden hardly coming out at all.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
