Sentence examples for barely approximate from inspiring English sources
An alarming detour to a stud farm — where the hazards of horse riding barely approximate those of horse mating — offers a breather from little-boy longings, but the film's diminutive drones don't require our adoration.
Snapple's use of kiwi-strawberry flavoring in a juice drink may seem unusual (and the sum flavor of it may barely approximate real strawberry combined with real kiwi), but we can imagine that the flavor is authentic — that it captures some platonic gastronomic truth.
At one point near the end of the night, a musician called Computer at Sea (and introduced as "the handsomer Dan Deacon," though that would only barely approximate his sound), began his set by excitedly rallying the audience the only way that would have made sense: inviting them up to play his instruments.
Davydenko barely approximates to the top-five competitor he was, which somehow makes Murray's display even more substantial.
Just approximate a retorty cadence.
These minutes are just approximate.
The 2009 federal stimulus package did provide $21 billion for renewables, but that support barely began to approximate the smorgasbord the oil and gas industry has enjoyed for nearly a century and the coal industry for at least two centuries.
The "severed web" is a Barely Tolerable Substitute, whose meaning approximates "I love you".
Although the types and natures of epigenetic boundaries are barely understood at this time, MSLL technology flags both approximate boundaries and methylated genes that deserve additional investigation.
Pregnancies, I felt, were the result of passion and experience; I was too tentative and unconfident to accomplish such a thing, barely penetrating Mona while she squirmed in frustration, as though I were merely chafing at her, approximating the act.
Barely sane, functionally insane, frequently sane, infrequently insane, moderately sane THIS PERSON COULD GO EITHER WAY, worse than but approximating normal.
