barely
Example Sentences
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But when confronted with these headlines in August, the energy market barely flinched.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
The very first thing I saw there was an anime-style vertical video whose characters barely moved their lips and ended the whole thing with a verbatim “To Be Continue .. ” title card.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Then that truth gets “wrenched through this…assembly line,” until what comes out on the other side barely resembles where it started.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Honestly, men barely responded when I messaged first on Bumble," said one person, while another claimed the "majority" of men they messaged "let our matches expire."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“The front is barely thirty kilometers that way.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing barely
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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