Sentence examples for better barely from inspiring English sources

The translation of the man's blog post is better (barely), and reveals that building Google in China hasn't exactly been a breeze and that Lee now wants to pass on his knowledge and experience to Chinese youth.

The road itself was no better, barely adequate for horse and rider but unfit to run stagecoach lines.

Weekends are better, but barely; you might even be lucky enough to beat the B&T crowd to one of the mausoleum-esque museums, where the swelter of the day seems to fade into myth, or you could opt for a staycation in the arctic comfort of your own apartment.

Villa are no better, they barely even tried to attack Newcastle and failed to register a shot on target, and Benítez was not fooling anyone when he suggested that their switch to three at the back has made them tougher to score against.

I suppose it depends on how you define "trouble" – Robertson implies that it has to do with the little lady (or, better said, barely pubescent child) wanting some kind of monetary compensation for her labor ("you wait until they get to be 20 years old, the only picking that's going to take place is your pocket").

Three more routes started from Edmonton, Alberta; these were not much better - barely trails at all - despite being advertised as "the inside track" and the "back door to the Klondike".

Kate does better, but just barely.

It got better, but just barely.

The boy was barely better at all.

The next day was barely better.

But ratings for the Liberal Democrats are barely better.