Sentence examples for barely avoids from inspiring English sources

He barely avoids prison when he convinces a judge that he will change his ways because his girlfriend, Leonie (Siobhan Reilly), is pregnant.

At 2nd, she barely avoids being hit by an automobile; at 3rd Ave . she comments,"..no longer an avenue, but a beautiful vista..".; at Lexington,".. little fondness for the shops which demand so much attention..".

Like Day-Lewis's somewhat overrated turn in There Will be Blood, his unquestionably entertaining work here is such *ACTING* that it only barely avoids becoming caricature.

Meanwhile, Marian barely avoids being forced to marry DeLacey, and only escapes with the help of the kind Friar Tuck and the Sheriff's seneschal Guy de Gisbourne, who is infatuated with her.

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Last fall the country barely avoided bankruptcy.

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

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

Miami barely avoided a winless season in 2007.

IT was an accident that was barely avoided.

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