Sentence examples similar to barely for a while from inspiring English sources
When I was elected as Northumbria's police and crime commissioner (PCC) in November 2012 the role was little valued and barely understood, and for a while all political parties were engaged in a debate about its future.
His two sisters and a niece dawdled for a while, barely concealing their boredom, then went for a walk.
He can barely speak for disgust, and for a while it seems as if he might actually start crying.
For a while he barely wrote, and then the new stories started coming; stories infused with "little human connections"; stories he'd "come back from the grave" to write.
While it's true the extremes of women's fashion are more visually apparent and do seem to alter each and every year, men's fashion has been doing the exact same for a while, although barely noticed.
I did try ballet, and stuck with it for a while, but I barely had room in my duffel bag for pointe shoes and feminist texts.
For a while we were barely sleeping at night, and if you caught us down the pub all we were talking about was the upcoming new Tempelhof and Gigi Masin album.
Alive but barely, Glass is carried in a litter for a while, but Capt.
A playful, "I barely even know you" will keep him at bay for a while.
I barely remember most of that stuff, which I did engage in for a while as a youngster.
