Sentence examples for became barely from inspiring English sources

London as it really was – including its great achievements and attractions – became barely recognisable under the editorship of Veronica Wadley.

The pastor — whose shirtback read "Everything I needed to know about Islam I learned on 9/11" — became barely audible, even in close range.

But with the surprise goal came a scenario nobody had anticipated – defending a lead for 89 minutes, and as first Altidore went down to rob the US of a hold up man, then Clint Dempsey became barely able to breathe through his nose, Bradley found himself compensating by sitting too deep to be an effective outlet, but not always deep enough to stop Ghana bypassing him in midfield.

Progressively, however, the total amplitude of the response was observed to diminish and became barely detectable at t > 12 s.

The slow mobility signal also peaked around 10 h post the double thymidine release and became barely detectable 1 h after exiting from mitosis.

The level of SOD2 acetylation decreased in a time-dependent manner and became barely detectable after 6 h (Fig 1E), whereas the specific activity of SOD2 increased by as much as 35% (Fig 1F).

But the old broad street had become barely wide enough for a single car.

Large areas have become barely recognisable: Docklands looks more like an American city than like the rest of Britain.

In northern climes some land will become more suitable for farming as springs come sooner, whereas in the tropics and subtropics some marginal land will become barely inhabitable.

He saw a state that had become barely functional, and he set about restoring its authority the only way he knew how: manually, and from the top.

In this instance, the prunes melt into the wine and become barely recognizable, bringing even more depth, not only of color but of flavor.