Sentence examples for barely knocked from inspiring English sources

But in the barnyard, a week of horse traffic has barely knocked the peaks off the mud-ridges that formed when the last hard freeze came.

In contrast and with the shine barely knocked off a 602-run second-innings deficit, David Warner's absurd switch-hit goaded Glenn Maxwell into a shambolic companion piece that barely missed his exposed leg stump.

Roethlisberger ran for a 4-yard score with 48 seconds left, but Chris Boswell botched the onside kick — barely knocking it off the tee — and Baltimore ran out the clock.

The server will then examine them intently or just knock the extras back with barely a glance.

The hundreds of thousands of fans on L'Alpe d'Huez included, as usual, those who ran alongside the riders, shouting encouragement, throwing water on them and barely avoiding knocking them down.

The assassins came, they always do, and they barely pause to knock.

Roebuck barely managed to knock the ball down to hold Mays to a single and Mays said he was "still mad" after the game because he had expected more off of the hit.

Alaska Senator Mark Begich, even with those same Obama coattails and an assist from Justice Department officials putting their thumbs on the scale in his favor, was barely able to knock off longtime Republican incumbent Ted Stevens - 47.7percentto46.5percentcent.

But in Staten Island, 150-year-old houses can be knocked down with barely a stir, Mr. Bankoff said.

The move would have seemed improbable barely a month ago, when the 49ers knocked off Temple and moved into sole possession of first place in the Atlantic 10 after going 11-20 in 2008-09.

Ricketts was barely bothered, but the official was knocked out cold, such that Les Parry ran up the pitch to stop the guy swallowing his tongue".