Sentence examples for Barely listening from inspiring English sources

Barely listening to hip-hop in his early years, Mensa grew up on his mum's rock records: Guns N' Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana.

But even the sex worker, it seemed, was barely listening.

As we talked, I noticed that he was barely listening to my questions.

I was barely listening, and I left with a spring in my step.

I was barely listening to Jackson's answers, which were consistently unilluminating.

Lugovoi and Kovtun must have been barely listening: for them, the question was, would Litvinenko drink?

The two children barely listened.

I barely listened past the first few sentences.

He barely listened before brushing aside my request.

A small, artless chapter on Bruce Springsteen makes it clear that he's barely listened to the Boss.

Earlier, I had barely listened to the crew's announcement about the availability of wireless on board.