'barely' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'barely' with 20 example sentences.
- barely adverb
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: only a very short time before
: almost not
: by a little
She barely touched her food.
He had barely enough money to buy bread and milk.
You speak so quietly I can barely hear you.
She barely speaks to me anymore.
I barely made the train.
I barely feel the pain anymore.
We barely talked about work.
I can barely remember what my grandfather looked like.
He barely passed the examination.
He barely escaped with his life.
I can barely see you.
The scars are barely visible.
I barely have enough money for groceries.
This just barely covers our living expenses.
I was barely able to work.
My daughter is barely fifteen.
I can barely control myself.
I barely know him at all.
I could barely open my eyes.
I had barely got into the house when the phone rang.