Sentence examples for a minute barely from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a minute barely" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express that something took only a very short amount of time, often less than expected.
Example: "I thought the meeting would last an hour, but it was over in a minute barely."
Alternatives: "barely a minute" or "just a minute".

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As the scientists will report in The Astrophysical Journal, the hypothetical black hole would zip through Earth in about a minute, barely shaking the world's surface the way a very weak earthquake would.

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This ad lasts a full minute barely getting out of its windup, because everything being discussed here is complicated and barely related to even a single real-world concern of an ordinary person.

She escaped, not in one climactic release, but slowly, over the course of a minute, in barely visible motions.

Whether you're going a mile a minute or barely treading water, now is the time to take charge of your life.

Considered the most venomous marine animal on Earth, this creature's sting can cause paralysis, cardiac arrest, and death within a few minutes barely enough time for a victim to reach shore.

Late Monday night, a small audience at Film Forum in Manhattan — which had just watched "Let's Get Lost" as part of a Weber retrospective — got to judge for itself at a last-minute, barely publicized screening of 30 minutes of the Mitchum documentary, titled "Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast".

YOU turn up the flame under a sizzling pan and sear steak for just a minute or two, barely cooking it before you sit down.

The getaway lasted barely a minute.

(One of them lasts barely a minute).

He stuck with it for barely a minute.

Del Piero was summoned as a substitute with barely a minute to play.

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