barely

Example Sentences

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At times, the price of gold even barely changed.

From MarketWatch

The wound, which barely missed her colon, required surgery; she won her 100th World Cup title just two months later.

From The Wall Street Journal

I barely have to sink down in my seat to disappear.

From Literature

It had happened barely more than a century before.

From Literature

Announcing the arrests on X on Friday, she could barely conceal her relish.

From Salon