Sentence examples for barely a note from inspiring English sources
There was barely a note in the notebook.
Mine whizzed by in a blur of deadlines … No time for a Middlepause... barely a note in my diary".
That impact will be multiplied in Australia, where the crowds will be double or triple in size and the message will be delivered with overt hostility and barely a note of humour.
Photograph: Hulton Getty I embarked on Bax, you may recall from my last blog, in the spirit of self-flagellation, chastising myself for having written him off despite having heard barely a note of his music.
There's a husky honesty to the love songs, with barely a note missed as we hear of romances been and gone, backed by melancholic slide guitars and sensuous hi-hats (all recorded live in gruelling sessions at Capitol Records late last year).But it's in the defiant "Why Try to Change Me Now?" and "Stay With Me" that this album really distinguishes itself.
Barely a note of skepticism is struck until well past the album's halfway point, following a variety pack of love songs featuring Beyonc?sque pomp ("Make Me Over"), 1980s robo-soul ("Erotic"), Lifetime-movie slow burn ("Brand New"), unusually affirming guest raps from Nas ("Oh-Oh, Yeah-Ya") and Tupac Shakur ("Playa Cardz Right"), who died in 1996 and was an early mentor to the singer.
Little more than a year ago, she could barely hold a note for three seconds, was struggling in PE, and was regularly waking at night breathless.
Eight weeks ago, they could barely hold a note or remember a line.
Since 1983's dispiriting Ain't but the One Way, Stone has been a recluse, barely recording a note.
The Spice Girls were the ultimate in manufactured pop groups who could barely sing a note when they got together four years ago, but that didn't stop Ginger, Baby, Sporty, Scary and Posh yearning for success.
From the start, Rdio has pandered to the US music industry's every demand: launching as a subscription-only service that barely allows a note of free music out before users are shaken down for money.
