barest
Example Sentences
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The assistant referee did actually flag for offside, but it was extremely tight and VAR subsequently spent several minutes checking Archer's position, with the Saints forward eventually being ruled onside by the barest of margins.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
One theory is that men just aren’t taught about the finer points of hygiene—that because cleanliness is dismissed as a feminine trait, parents give boys only the barest instruction in why and how to clean.
From Slate • May 17, 2024
Almost everything they grew went to the landowners as rent payments, leaving them with the barest of means to survive.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2024
“He’s buying a piano so that I can teach the children to play,” Claire says, the flatness of her voice the barest camouflage for her anguish.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
She focused on the dagger’s tip now, balancing a finger against it with the barest pressure.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
