Sentence examples for barely avoid from inspiring English sources

Usually, very competitive; today, I barely avoid getting thrashed.

It predicted, though, that Europe would just barely avoid a double-dip recession.

At the station they barely avoid the mishap of being too late and the greater mishap of a fatal "scene".

And he proclaims his affection for all things Wynette openly in outbursts that only barely avoid being embarrassing.

Almost all the dramatis personae are so wildly and gruesomely solipsistic that they only barely avoid self-parody.

Another neighbour interviewed by the Herald Sun said she could barely avoid seeing the statue, including from the bedrooms of her children and entertainment areas.

Last fall the country barely avoided bankruptcy.

This year, Poland barely avoided its first recession in two decades.

Miami barely avoided a winless season in 2007.

IT was an accident that was barely avoided.

At the beginning of the year, Britain barely avoided a triple-dip recession.