Sentence examples for barely knowing from inspiring English sources

Mr. Daley's first of four trips to China was uninspiring, he recalled, with Beijing's mayor barely knowing who he was.

She was invited by Sepideh (Golshifteh Farahani), who, despite barely knowing her, was hoping to marry her off to one of the guys.

Tom Penny and Geoff Rowley flew over from London as teens: barely knowing anyone, they immediately set a new standard in street skating.

Growing up, barely knowing what homosexuality was, I was mesmerized by an ugly, hairy, little man in the Army wearing large floral dresses and boas.

Beginning as a cub sportswriter assigned to review Bob Dylan while barely knowing who Dylan was, he's moved on from his days as a "bitter hack" to become a short-story writer.

Voters may be forgiven for barely knowing of it, or allotting it little space on their mental hard drives, because of the incendiary flashes tossed into the race daily from the top of the tickets, especially by Mr. Trump.

Donovan's at the back, barely visible, knowing he was front and center when it counted.

Most of them were setting foot in Africa for the first time and had landed directly at Kigali airport, brought in on planes chartered by the United Nations and barely even knowing where they were.

Glial cells are one example, as they occupy much of the brain without our knowing barely the first thing about what they really do.

Jen could barely contain her pleasure, knowing the staff would understand her questions without treating her as a teenage pest.

Their manager, Bert van Marwijk, was barely heartened by that, knowing that his side, in practice, are on the verge of elimination – they need to beat Portugal by two goals and for Germany to beat Denmark.