Sentence examples for Barely convincing from inspiring English sources

" But he was barely convincing.

Behold, in Birmingham, a party in crisis, blithely dragging the country towards the cliff's edge: stultified and baffled, it resorts to its oldest tunes, barely convincing itself that anyone is really listening.

We do so in a barely convincing manner today, but made an attempt and hope that our efforts serve useful purposes, especially introducing this topic to a broad audience of microbiologists".

But even there Portman is barely convincing.

The original film is older, the technology in it is almost 30 years out of date and one of the main characters is a barely convincing digital representation of 1982 Jeff Bridges.

"I can barely convince my friends to have lunch with me," she said.

Mr Turnbull wants robust action to counter climate change; Mr Abbott is barely convinced of the science.

He fancied himself the son of God and he could barely convince twelve men to follow him at a time when the world was full of superstition.

Patrick ends up with a day job — he's a barrister — which St. Aubyn, with a seeming shrug of privileged incomprehension, barely makes convincing.

John Turturro, as his father Seti I, seems barely to be convincing himself.

Like Max Porter's Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, it uses fable, mystery and a poetic sensibility to get at the nub of loss, and although its magical realist conceit leaves a few unanswered questions, Jonah and Chloe are so convincing it barely matters.