barely
Example Sentences
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Even Hurricanes quarterback Carson Beck could barely believe his team had pulled off an against-the-odds victory against such a formidable opponent.
That clip, though, barely dented the prevailing media narrative.
From Salon
And that barely scratches the surface of how bad things are going to get as our planet cooks and our ecosystem collapses.
From Salon
Reid said her Parkinson's made it hard for her to write "because I can barely control a mouse".
From BBC
He began as a Royal Academician, became an ardent revolutionary, barely escaped execution after the fall of Robespierre, went on to be Napoleon’s chief propagandist, and ended life a political exile.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
