Sentence examples for barely picked up from inspiring English sources

During a news conference Friday, Uihlein, ranked 121st in the world, spoke so softly the microphone barely picked up some of his answers.

This time demand has barely picked up, even though the price has fallen by half.One short-term reason is yet another unseasonably warm winter in the northern hemisphere.

"I couldn't be more sorry about what happened," he said, his voice scratchy and so low that it was barely picked up by the microphone.

Speaking of shifting perceptions, I'm newly in love with a brow pencil I bought years ago and have barely picked up since.

RISHON LeZION, Israel — Roxana González, 25, and her brother Rafael, 24, had barely picked up a bow and arrow since their days as champion high school archers in Cuba.

Often, Curry has barely picked up his dribble before the ball leaves his hand, and he releases from such a low shooting pocket sometimes at his shoulder that his shot seems just as youthful as his disposition.

His radar can barely pick up Theresa's vivid, urban, self-deprecating sense of humor.

The council barely picks up the rubbish and doesn't maintain the street lamps, but [the tram] is a way of asserting sovereignty over East Jerusalem".

Ms. Gilmore's performance is quite a show of strength and fortitude — huffing and puffing, she can just barely pick up the final block — but to what end?

When Burial does turn up, he talks with incredible passion and sincerity - and does it so quietly that my Dictaphone barely picks up his voice, making him sound in playback like a ghostly presence.

The last tackle he made, we kick-chased to the corner, Owen Farrell made the tackle and he was the next bloke in; he could barely pick up his feet.