Sentence examples for is barely contained from inspiring English sources

Traffic there is barely contained chaos.

All this is barely contained by a potato hoagie from Baked in Brooklyn, which plies its trade across from Green-Wood Cemetery.

His smile was barely contained.

Comedy is about drives so intense they are barely contained by a rigid edifice of convention.

And Mr. Mascis closed the concert with a trio set that was barely contained by the room.

Many of the scenes, depicted as extreme close-ups, are barely contained by the edges of the book.

I had previously seen her stealing the show in several Pina Bausch works; there she seemed a slippery being barely contained by that choreographer's loose phrases.

During a dual interview yesterday with Side Effects co-star Jude Law, she was asked what it was like to kiss Catherine Zeta-Jonescreencreen, and her internal eye roll was barely contained.

Satrapi has lost none of the spark that she put on the page, and then on screen, in Persepolis, where the comic rage of her adolescence was barely contained in the inky blocks and minimalist lines.

With his new-found powers (and taking a page from Chelsea Handler's farewell) he assembled a group of stars and former guests so massive it was barely contained in the studio, all singing We'll Meet Again.

"You can't get that at the Second Avenue Deli," he said, pointing out thick spears of chicken, celery and carrot, and sprigs of dill that were barely contained by the bowl.