Sentence examples for barely constrained from inspiring English sources

In "To Change the Church," one sometimes senses a barely constrained wish to apply the H-word to Francis himself — a wish suppressed only, perhaps, by a last shred or two of institutional deference.

We have often though we detected something peculiar in his manner when we went to him for what the profession likes to call a "periodical checkup -something incheckup -something, a barely constraincredulousty.

To drive that last point home, Murdoch couldn't help but reference a certain Gray Lady whose name was on everyone's minds, mentioning with barely constrained smugness that the New York Times local circulation had "declined by 40percentt over the past several years".

In anurans, analyses of European Hyla hybrid zones corroborate this relationship: gene flow is barely constrained between the southern and northern clades of H. intermedia [ 16] (~2-3 My of divergence), but as we show is clearly limited between H. orientalis and H. arborea (~5 My of divergence), paralleling the situation between H. arborea and H. intermedia [ 9].

However, additional rock-bolt length could hardly affect ground reinforcement because the bolt section embedded in the elastic region of the rock mass could barely help to constrain the elastic displacement release.

One person's history resulted in a way of breathing so constrained that her ribcage barely moved: a form of control that ended up controlling her.

Its authors barely acknowledge that America's own power may be constrained.

It meant that Tony Blair's first couple of years as prime minister were constrained by senior ministers with whom he had barely any point of contact.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans barely increased their spending at retail businesses in April and May, constrained by weak job creation and paltry wage increases, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Customers were constrained.

"Governments are politically constrained".