Sentence examples for had barely met from inspiring English sources

By contrast, McCain had barely met Palin.

He now sells convertible bonds from an office in Darien, among people he had barely met before Sept. 11.

But when Ms. Fielden recalled receiving garbage bags full of clothes in her children's sizes from neighbors she had barely met, she burst into tears.

They had barely met in person before Mr. Metheny expressed an interest in recording some of Mr. Zorn's music, a few years ago.

Nazim was leading a double life: his family had barely met Matthew and thought he was merely an investor in their son's flat.

Hardin hammered home the fact that Clemens had just come off his third Cy Young Award and one of his greatest seasons, and had barely met and gotten to know McNamee.

Already, my "real" friends include people I've barely met.

Until now, Ford has barely met the averages, and its sport utilities have done especially badly.

Perhaps they would be if Mr. Broad had managed to get his actors onto the same page, but these three people seem to have barely met.

But Jude Law and Nicole Kidman, as sweethearts who have barely met when the war carries him off, come only half alive as characters.

We've barely met Ya-Ya when she strips down to her sexy bra and panties and tumbles into bed to have healthy, un-self-conscious, enthusiastic French sex with Andrew.