Sentence examples for first can barely from inspiring English sources

A short scene in which a group of Irish steerage passengers breaks through a metal gate as they make their way to the lifeboats — they suddenly find themselves in the first-class dining room, set for the next morning's breakfast, and at first can barely bring themselves to penetrate this sacred space — tells you more about the class system than Cameron's cruder populism does.

The case of the wounded Afghan soldier showed the risks from wounds that battlefield first aid can barely help, and for whom speed might not be enough.

At first, the men can barely throw a ball.

He then smelled my left arm, frowning, "Yo, dude, after that first one, I can barely smell it".

Jen's first book, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself is in paperback.

Jen's first book, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself, is a New York Times bestseller.

"We don't want students who come to Iowa State — or come to college in general — who are low-income, or first-generation, and can barely afford to come to college in the first place, to choose a major based on cost," Staudt said.

The principal, Terry L. Cline, worries about some struggling sixth graders who can barely transcribe sentences from the board.

Two-thirds of Bangladeshis can barely afford enough to eat, and they are likely to vote on local issues and personalities.

First of all, I can barely stand the sight of my naked body post shower, so I can't imagine how I'd feel about seeing it getting jostled around.

Mr. Jones plays Ed Tom Bell, a world weary third-generation sheriff whose stoicism can barely mask his dismay at the tide of evil seeping into the world.