Sentence examples for it could barely be from inspiring English sources

It could barely be heard.

While she accepted such information was personal, she said it could "barely" be characterised as such.

Some of the work in Friday's show was so fine that it could barely be absorbed on the runway.

Once Pouch found the 68-year-old man in the busy emergency department, a quick glance at his chart explained his vague complaint: his blood pressure was so low it could barely be measured.

When Grantland published a feature which was grossly insensitive to transgender people, the editor, Bill Simmons, did not just publish a short correction or apology tucked away where it could barely be seen, traditionally on page two in newspapers.

"To win his first Grand Slam title, in New York, and to win the Olympic Games which only come around every four years - it could barely be more satisfying for him.

Updated at 5.51am GMT 5.46am GMT 57th over: England 174-6 (Pietersen 45 Bresnan 0) Pietersen's innings, it goes without saying, could barely be more critical.

Its subject matter could barely be any more timely.

His microphone was on briefly before it was cut, and he could barely be heard over cries of "Free North Korea" and "Down with [North Korean leader] Kim Jong-un" from defectors and others in the crowd.

When the redesign began in 1850, Congress could barely be cajoled into financing it.

Or, option three, as Paxman could barely be bothered to insinuate, it simply doesn't exist.