Sentence examples for barely drew from inspiring English sources

Even his finest flourishes barely drew even the most perfunctory applause.

Instead, it barely drew notice: in a country where protests have become as commonplace as a traffic jam, no one seemed to have anything to say about it.

Barely drew breath in that #davos speech January 24 , 20131.35pm GMT Q&A time, and Merkel is asked about the European Central Bank's unconventional monetary policy.

Peccadilloes like George W. Bush's 1976 arrest for driving while intoxicated, revealed in the waning days of last year's presidential campaign, barely drew a public shrug.

The Mayor showing up on a major TV show might have made big news; in this case, it barely drew mention.

Throughout the evening, Simon de Pury, the chairman of Phillips and the evening's auctioneer, barely drew a breath as he moved from one lot to the next, often hopscotching from English to French to Italian and back to English.

Normally, such bumps barely draw comment.

He could barely draw air past his swelled tongue into his gigantic purpled head.

More terrier than bulldog, he talks fast, barely drawing for breath, in a mild Midlands accent.

Legs bend at funny angles, hands look as though they're carved from wood, faces are barely drawn.

Patients bunk four or six to a room, some so debilitated that they can barely draw sheets over themselves.