Sentence examples for barely dead from inspiring English sources

The dead seemed to her only barely dead.

Charles Kennedy is barely dead & Salmond is making him a nationalist I won't even dignify Alex Salmond's remarks.

They bring a plate of barely-dead fish to you, you select which one you want, and then the little Greek boy goes down to the sea right in front of your table and guts and washes the fish in the sea.

Despite the chattering by some in D.C.'s political circles, the health overhaul in its current form has the look of a zombie walking (barely) but dead.

Cox was declared dead barely one hour after being shot three times and repeatedly stabbed.

I thought frequently of Mennin's complaint about the guitar repertory this season, because you could barely swing a dead cat without hitting an arrangement of some kind.

In the absence of formal autopsy findings, a bitter controversy has swirled in Pakistan, with the Musharraf government and the Bhutto family disputing basic facts about the killing, even what caused the injuries that led to Ms. Bhutto being declared dead barely an hour after the attack.

In the end, I believe that is something that I strive to achieve...a surface that is barely there...almost dead.

But the hotel is already brain-dead, barely clinging on to life with the help of strong drugs and a machine that goes 'beep'.

"Families often balk at the idea of somebody putting a knife to someone they barely think of as dead.

Indeed, flowers and dedications are still laid regularly at the points people were brought ashore – both dead and barely alive.