Sentence examples for speak barely from inspiring English sources

He didn't speak, barely moved, hoping perhaps to be forgotten.

But he added, "The young man I had seen in that hospital bed, unable to speak, barely able to move, this time he was in a chair sitting up — alert, smiling, talking.

Despite his success, Mr. Browder led a relatively austere life in Moscow, eschewing the trappings of many expatriates and working so hard, he says, that he learned to speak barely a word of Russian.

Sometimes I even think that it shouldn't be called Sweden anymore, because you look so to speak, barely Swedes, especially in the city".

I speak barely enough to get through to my parents.

"Punished how?" Romy spoke barely above a whisper.

She was clawing at her cheeks, speaking barely above a whisper.

Izhar had moved to Florida when he was eight years old, and he spoke barely accented English.

He speaks barely a word of English, and neither of us can find the building he wants.

"I was a prostitute," said Ms. Smith, 27, speaking barely above a whisper.

In the last month he'd spoken barely a dozen words.