Sentence examples for barely contained from inspiring English sources

She cast herself as the self-contained foil to her sister's barely contained chaos.

His smile was barely contained.

Traffic there is barely contained chaos.

-- Cone's face reddened, his anger barely contained, his responses clipped.

On Twitter, fellow musicians and celebrities vented barely contained grief.

The barely contained energy and even madness, the sexual liminality!

The atmosphere is one of barely contained chaos.

It's a likable picture dirty boots and trousers, hands in pockets, barely contained energy.

— During lunch hour, the hallways of Ossining High School have a kind of barely contained chaos.

Recovery from today's barely contained depression will require the same alchemy.

Movement director Ann Yee keeps the stage in flux, suggesting a barely contained turbulence.