barely

Example Sentences

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Grace doesn’t know who he is and for the first few minutes, his lips barely work.

From Los Angeles Times

Nvidia’s stock has barely budged over the two days since the conference started.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Wow so this happened back on Feb 24th and parents are barely being notified,” said one user.

From Los Angeles Times

Included in that will be a new type of chip from the company’s partnership with a startup called Groq, which was announced barely four months ago.

From The Wall Street Journal

And Lloyd too, though he was so small now, he could barely see into the coffin.

From Literature