Sentence examples for barely threatening from inspiring English sources

60 min: Santos have actually worked themselves back into this a wee bit, though their still barely threatening to Barcelona goal.

They had just negotiated one Champions League qualifying round and seen off a string of helpless or hapless Celtic managers - Liam Brady, Lou Macari and Tommy Burns - with Wim Jansen barely threatening to disturb the peace in Smith's blue heaven.

The chances were not clear-cut but the visitors looked in control and Stoke, who had won just once in 11 previous games and had failed to score in seven of their 14 games, were barely threatening.

Arsenal have barely threatened since going 3-0 down.

The Saudis continued to move the ball around but barely threatened a typically gritty Uruguay defence.

This is, as ever, all about Frank's sharp brain extinguishing threats barely threatened.

That apart, Liverpool's No1 was barely threatened until those late, dramatic moments when everything unravelled.

With 10 men, Arsenal had barely threatened to find a way back into the match.

He said Hurricane Sandy barely threatened it, pushing water and sand into the arcade but leaving the figures unscathed.

The visiting back four, however, were barely threatened by a disappointing PSG side in the first half on a mild Parisian night.

Villa had to make an early change when Nathan Baker was replaced by Ciaran Clark after taking a heavy knock and they had barely threatened when an equaliser suddenly materialised.