Sentence examples for barely closing from inspiring English sources

Many homeowners, including Mr. Bacote, disagree, and cite the banging heaters, damaged walls and barely closing doors as evidence.

Six months after barely closing a $712 million deficit, Chicago Public Schools officials have spent nearly $10 million that has not yet been budgeted in their aggressive push to lengthen the school day.

The boot will barely close.

Marcela's suit was so tight that the pants barely closed around her waist.

When she could barely close the lid, she sent the box home.

The door had barely closed behind me when I heard the sound of stampeding little footsteps accompanied by cries of joy and complaint.

We made podcasts about music lyrics and filled our favourite books so full with annotated sticky notes that they would barely close.

But Mr. Bradley had barely closed the coffin on his Presidential campaign before he doused any speculation about a bid for Governor.

Indeed, the door had barely closed before it swung open again, and a young woman with a small dog on a leash strolled in.

The polls had barely closed when the first "YES WE DID" buttons hit the streets, and since then there has been a profusion of pins — one shows the Obamas with their daughters under the words "AMERICA'S FIRST FAMILY" — that likewise seem designed to reassure their wearers that, yes, Obama's victory really happened and, yes, his Presidency is really going to happen, too.

• A few months into his residency at Maimonides, Dr. Gregorius's memories of his first foray into the hospital's emergency room were vague: Stretchers with patients were lined up two and three deep, with the lucky ones semi-secluded behind curtains that barely closed.