barely audible
Example Sentences
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And it’s not, he said, background noise, such as the barely audible soundtrack from Wizarding World.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
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
Soon a snore marked where Tool lay, and Moby’s voice, complaining still, was barely audible through the ferns.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
