Sentence examples for barely taller from inspiring English sources

Young beech seedlings are barely taller than the mayapples.

Near Ardroil beach, I met Donald, barely taller than my handlebars.

She had become so small, at the end of her life, that she was barely taller than the artichoke plants.

Belinda Bencic was barely taller than her racket when her father called Melanie Molitor, Hingis's mother and coach, to ask if she would assess his daughter's potential.

It was difficult for them to believe that they had just entrusted their futures to such a slight man, barely taller than a bat boy.

Standing barely taller than his mallet, 8-year-old Jacques watched enviously from the sidelines while his older brothers got to play.

In the front row, among some of America's best endurance runners, were two scrawny girls barely tall enough to reach the elbows of the others.

Nacilda de Oliveira Silva, a short 61-year-old maid, perched at the front of the crowd though she was barely tall enough to see over the metal barrier.

They ranged in age from 10 to 16, and some were barely tall enough to reach the delicate ropes hanging overhead.

When he was barely tall enough to see over a kitchen counter, he ventured into the visitors' locker room at the Louisiana Superdome to visit running back Walter Payton.

This week, as she took to the podium in a red sequined jacket, barely tall enough to be seen over the floral display, Hu made me wonder, as she has before, why there is no good Mandarin word for chutzpah.