Sentence examples for barely could from inspiring English sources

I barely could make a living by doing odd jobs here and there till I landed a job in Calcutta last year.

They organized overnight some of the largest protests Egypt has seen in a while; in weeks prior they barely could muster a few thousand people for pre-planned demonstrations.

It also strips away the screaming, too – that wall of sexualised hysteria that was the signature soundtrack to Beatlemania – and permits us to hear what most Beatles audiences of the time barely could: the music itself.

We barely could smell the acrid scent from the burning oils.

Fresh off the set of NBC's Today show, she barely could wait for her hand pressed coffee and morning smart choice, an egg white omelet with spinach.

Nugent was perplexed: "The UN could accurately estimate deaths in Somalia," he said, "but they barely could figure out what was happening in Sudan".

Barely anything could go wrong on your date.

I could barely swallow.

She could barely move".

She could barely speak.

I could barely walk.