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A barely furnished room. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They could barely hear the speaker. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The people at our label barely even knew any of us in the band. From Wordnik.com. [ɘloЯ] Reference
Before long it became a battle for second place, with one title barely beating out the others!. From Wordnik.com. [Destructoid] Reference
His name barely makes a blip in the early polling. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 24, 2007] Reference
That's an increase, it describes as barely perceptible. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2001] Reference
The lumbering Valentin barely scored with a head-first slide. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
It was Boston's second loss to Carolina in barely more than a week. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Hockey - Boston vs. Carolina] Reference
Even with her chin barely above the surface she could see for miles. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Flashback by Nevada Barr] Reference
Griffin barely kept his right foot in bounds after making the catch. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Texas defense holds 'em at the right time] Reference
The gangling, 6-4 Friedel speaks in barely audible, measured phrases. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - U.S. keeper thrust into spotlight at World Cup] Reference
He's not the one here who's making wild accusations in barely legible sentences. From Wordnik.com. [Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off] Reference
But barely is the first question on the table when Pena's personality takes over. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Pena's refrain: I can only be me] Reference
No amount of visual shenanigans can save this paper thin barely an excuse for a plot. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Off: Wanted - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net] Reference
As I am 5'3 , my chin barely clears the bottom of the window, and the only view is sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Effect of Architecture on Home Living] Reference
But isn't an almost-total withdrawal of combat forces within barely a year "precipitate"?. From Wordnik.com. [No Easy Exit From Iraq] Reference
The word barely reached him, and Bruce Gordon spun around, the knife twitching into his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
Malkin barely bristled when I politely asked her about the rumors floating around the net. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: Media Archives] Reference
That title barely has anything to do with this post, it popped in my head and I went with it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference
The word barely carries the distance between them, yet it arrives with the impact of a quarrel. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic of Recluce]
It does not feature it though, it merely flashes up a quote from Kolbe with his name barely visible. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
His name barely has been mentioned as Israeli leaders list their minimum conditions for a new cease-fire. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
Actually, the pain barely goes skin-deep, which is about as deep as this shallow dud of a lark ever goes. From Wordnik.com. [Matt's TV Week in Review] Reference
True, it is hard to sell gloom to a team that just made up seven games on the Mets in barely half a month. From Wordnik.com. [No denying those Colorado Rockies] Reference
The Long Halloween, where Penguin barely gets any screen time and all the other villains get a whole issue. From Wordnik.com. [Six by 6 | Six comics that made us cry | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference
The latter, indeed, are so fond of it that they call barely talk of it without moist eyes and watery mouths. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
I love how his expression barely changes in all the photos... like "Yeah, I'm too awesome, you all bore me...". From Wordnik.com. [Santi] Reference
Three years ago, the term barely existed. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
The call barely lasted for a minute, "said Udipta. From Wordnik.com. [Top Headlines] Reference
McCain's name barely surfaced at the standing-room-only event. From Wordnik.com. [WORLDMag.com] Reference
Inspite of this I get a call barely 12 hours before the flight. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The Steelers called barely five weeks later, adding him as a special-teamer and backup. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
In newspaper articles and City Council documents of the 1850s, the idea barely comes up. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Let's remember, last quarter the economy grew 0.2 percent, which is to say barely at all. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2001] Reference
However, underexpression barely affected the action of the virus or receptor degradation. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference
If the idea barely touched her sense of self, that her tremendous sacrifice had been arrested by. From Wordnik.com. [The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times] Reference
If the hapless, ham-handed attorney general gets elected, the people can be classified as barely trainable. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Starfighter]
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