Youssef Haddad, my father, whom I barely knew, but whom I thought about more often than I admitted to my mom. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Come check this out,” she said aloud, barely hiding the smirk that flashed across her face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“These are not high heels! There’s barely any heel. But the bottoms are slippery.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He barely notices the annoyed looks he's getting from the people around him. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On hearing of my problem, the man without hesitation came out to the Ford, opened the bonnet and informed me after barely a few seconds' inspection: 'Water, guv. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Denna was barely a dozen feet away when she looked up and saw me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He barely hides a smile as he takes a long, deep whiff. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Lean barely see what I’m putting down, but I have a talent. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He barely had time to glance around, however, before there was a muffled clunk from behind them: The door had reappeared, sealing them inside the vault, and they were plunged into total darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My heart pounded so hard I thought it would burst, and I could barely see the path because of the sweat dripping into my eyes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She could barely process how different her life would be in a year. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They reached into the basket again and again, changed threads in a motion so fast he could barely follow it, and the needle entered the cloth, and entered the cloth, and entered the cloth. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a cap and goggles, and his Sunday suit just barely showed under a long linen coat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Long story short, I barely squeaked out a tie for seventh on the vault. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Footsteps came to the door, but I could only barely hear them because they were extremely gentle and because of the carpet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Did the tsar know he was hunting someone barely old enough to grow hair on his face? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sheed stared at himself in Stitch’s tall mirror and barely recognized what he saw. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Ghetto Act, which had prompted the Indian protests, barely affected Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even then I barely managed to hold myself up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At last she spoke again, so low in his ear that the words seemed barely more than broken cadences of breathing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby dropped his bag, barely sitting down before she grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

All they had to use for room dividers were those army blankets, two of which were barely enough to keep one person warm. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Cootie could barely move his arms, he’d built the house on his own, teaching himself construction as he went along, hammering the plywood walls and plastering the inside. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I barely glanced at the title before cloaking it in my chador. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, baby,” she whispered, barely able to speak with the blood in her throat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And when I reached the back of the tombstone and shined the light on it, I was barely surprised. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Tears all over her face, she could barely see. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I thought I'd been ready but I could barely find my voice. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I barely remember his last name from the initiate roster. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Kvothe, I can tell that this is important to you, but the numbers just don’t add. You’re not good for that much money. You’re barely good for the four talents you owe me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the inside, I was so embarrassed, I could barely look up from my shoes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

From its point of view, Charlie was still a colicky baby who barely slept for his first few months of life. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She grew so tired, she barely even recognized the house when they arrived, just trailed after Jiichan. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

TJ can barely get the last word out before Pop Pop is whacking him upside the head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When he activated the Boots of Speed he was wearing, his avatar became a barely visible blur racing across the open field. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He shakes his head and looks at the dilapidated building to his right, which is made of brick and barely resembles the sleek glass spire behind me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I asked, barely able to squeeze the words out. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely catch my breath as I said, “Yes.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The tower was collapsing. We barely made it out alive. “ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

We dart out of the coal yard with barely a word and walk fast down the sidewalk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She sat, exhausted, on the edge of the bed, where there was now barely room for her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he spoke, his voice was barely a whisper. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She was so busy thinking and plotting that she barely noticed her parents nodding sadly at each other when they saw the empty fishbowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He and Nasser sat on the bed, side by side, barely talking. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Harry Potter! Where to begin? I feel I barely scratched the surface when we met over the summer!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Major Major barely recognized him because he was wearing a faded maroon corduroy bathrobe with open seams under both arms, linty flannel pajamas, and worn house slippers with one flapping sole. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t broken through on the domestic circuit yet, so my national ranking was barely worth mentioning. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It's such a struggle for me to control the nozzle that I can barely move. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In this frenzied atmosphere, the inchoate ideas of Bush and Conant about international control made barely a ripple. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

How he’d hesitated for only a moment before leaping over the crack, barely making it to the other side. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“But there’s nothing in there except papers you can barely read and old props and junk.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t need to tell me the news, it’s in her voice—the voice that has gone from froggy to hoarse to barely audible just in the course of the hour we’ve been up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

His fingers, barely touching the wood, were arranged in a graceful arc. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

School text­books barely mentioned them and referred to their ancestry only in passing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped into a low bow, barely able to contain her joy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She’d had so many throat infections that the smell of it—“pink drink,” her father called it—became part of her childhood, like music she barely noticed during a scene in a movie. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I barely noticed the journey, and when I drank water I didn’t feel any relief even though I knew I was thirsty. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She’d barely said the last word when the Berg burst into life and launched off the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I could barely afford to write her letters—and beyond that, I had nothing else to offer. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He was playing with the handle on the side of the La-Z-Boy, flipping the footrest up and down, apparently barely tuned in. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ivy uh-huh’d her way through the conversation, but barely heard a word. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But they appeared to regard him sullenly, barely speaking, and hardly looking in his direction. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had run the gauntlet of flames, risked his life several times in a futile effort to locate his young nieces and nephew, and barely managed to escape. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Although the sun had barely set, light shone from the kitchen window, and I smelled food cooking. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even so, his hand was clenched and he had barely reached three before he was pulling with all his strength. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ivy gave her the pillow to use however she needed, but she barely looked at Ivy, mumbling a thanks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“The baby got the colic and passed right after we got here. It’s just me and Thomas right now. Were getting by, barely.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was so surprised I could barely speak. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I could barely see my hand in front of my face. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I survived, but just barely, and two neighbor women named Birdie and Mae took me in. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When I visited her, she would hug me so tightly I could barely breathe. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We stayed flat on the ground for almost two hours, taking the storm’s punishment, barely able to breathe in the driving rain. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I barely know anything about the supernatural world.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I answer, my voice barely a whisper, “I was with David.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Now and again there would be barely stifled giggles as they watched the performance of Silent Sam. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I knew I was smart enough to go, but I also knew it was impossibly expensive, way more than secondary school, which my parents could barely afford for me or my siblings. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

For a little shirt with barely any material? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I looked down to see that the knife had barely cut into my skin. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sauce is really good, and there’s a lot of it, so I barely taste the thin pieces of tofu. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I saw what she was pointing at: not a flailing girl in the water but a fat thread of woven hemp trailing up from it, barely visible in all the chaos. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was chilly in the courtyard, and from the color of the sky above she could tell that it was just barely after dawn. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As if to make things still more oppressive, M. Yoshoto’s handwriting was just barely legible. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And Vincent barely mentions it in his letters to Theo, even though he often does write about the mill, and their walk to it. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But on this first reading, she calls forth distress, sadness, barely controlled rage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Papa had barely earned money as a farmer. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Still barely paying attention to anything but Lily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When the path shrank to an uneven track that she could barely see in the deepening dusk, she felt a part of her heart sink into place: This was where she should go. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I barely move or blink or breathe until the elevator door chimes at the second floor and the Prawn steps out. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Anthony continued for several minutes more, barely pausing to take a breath. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Taryn asked now, waving at Ivy’s mom, who barely managed a weary smile. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The door is barely closed before I fling my laptop open, calling Stella on Skype as I lie upside down off my bed, pink bedpan in one hand for mucus disposal. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Her own father had been firmly convinced that books deserved more attention than children, and when he suddenly died she and her two sisters had barely noticed his absence. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I'd barely slept all night, for thinking about everything that was happening. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He could barely rely on his mom long enough to get to practices and meets, let alone a trip to a state that seemed halfway around the world. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was still balled up, but his eyes were open, although I could barely see them through all the hair. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She had barely knocked on Sister Ailan’s door before it opened. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mama was so tired after working our plot and putting dinner together, she could barely keep her eyes open after supper. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her smile can barely be contained on her face. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The voice began to disappear in the howling wind, and I could barely hear the final words. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He did not see that it was salvation barely missed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Malfoy’s hand was shaking so badly that he could barely aim. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

If we barely eat, we have two days of food left—at best—no money, and half a table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The right arm is barely visible and the head appears to have been omitted altogether, for lack of “cooperation” on the part of the natural surface. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then quickly, so quickly that Minli barely thought about it, she turned into the house and grabbed the two copper coins from the white rabbit rice bowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I barely know this girl and don't dare tell her my real story, even if I am feeling totally alone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes flicked to hers, and his chin drooped in a barely detectible nod. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Ma, look!” he calls to her, barely able to contain his glee. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all this was just to light a candle that barely softened the predawn gloom of the attic. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

In Phnom Penh, I could run very fast around our home, barely avoiding the corners and sharp edges of furniture. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tapestry was barely blowing outward, not to the side. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They are loud, screeching, so painful to listen to that I can barely think, let alone move. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was dark out, and the streetlights along the academic drive in front of the student center and gym barely lit up the street. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was barely in dress code: I had on a skirt, a long one at that, but it was denim—no one I know had tried that. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harold was barely even trying to move by the last game. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A small limestone cave, barely big enough to hold them both. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She says she barely has food enough for herself and she’s not about to share it with criminals like us.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He barely breathed, and his eyes went to the place where he had swept out the track. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Todd,” Viola says, so faintly I can barely hear it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sharp pine needles poked at Ophie’s bare feet, filling the night air with their clean scent, and something small and scurrying ran across the path in front of them, but Ophie barely noticed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We watched them load Chubs’s still form into the back of one of the SUVs, and the door had barely shut before it tore off down the highway. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Again, Ma said nothing but barely, perhaps only because he was looking for it, she nodded. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is pounding so loud in my ears, I can barely hear my footsteps underneath me as I run up the steps. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I could barely sleep even though I was exhausted. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She hugged me so tight, I could barely breathe. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The snow fell lightly, like weightless kisses, although I barely noticed it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

At school the next day, Miss Robins is barely finished with our lesson when I start watching the clock. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The sun, only barely warming the world below when they had arrived on the crater, was now straight up above. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Emergency lights have come on in the tunnel as well, but they barely do anything to break the almost tangible darkness of a place so far underground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I barely see the faint glow of the sphere as it melts into Suma’s spine. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He barely had an accent: It only came through in the sharpness of his vowels and the lilt in his sentences, as if there was the shade of a question in everything he said. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I keep my hands raised and my head down, so I’m barely five feet away from her when I see Anna, standing next to her car, hands on hips, watching me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barely managed to close his door before she sped off with a squeal of her tires. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The old man had a weak voice, and I could barely hear him over the prayers of the worshipers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But my legs can barely move, as if I'm wading through a thick sludge. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Breashears and company hustled him down the glacier at such a fast pace that in my own woeful state, I could barely keep up with them. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Children laughed and chased each other, decked in so many colored necklaces they could barely walk. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Like he can see in a girl’s head and know exactly what she’s thinking without barely even trying. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I go slow at first, barely twenty miles per hour, as I roll through her neighborhood. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The last town before Mont-Saint-Michel is barely a town at all. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The modern cornstalks already were as tall as his knees while the traditional ones were barely seedlings. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was barely aware of the sirens until she pointed them out. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He noticed that she was leading an apparently normal life but that she barely ate, sustaining herself with milk and a few spoonfuls of honey. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a real quick one, barely lasted a second, but he knew it was a hug too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

If you have managed to push your arms and legs as far as they can go, then you will be able to stand up, just barely, and get someone to zip the back closed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jockey was barely conscious, his mouth wide open. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though James’s grandmother was barely taller than Emily and swam in one of James’s old Angry Birds shirts, she was still quite intimidating. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The ink is barely visible, and the words are wrinkled. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice is so quiet I can barely hear her. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Joon’s head was tilted down, and there was barely a rise in his chest when he breathed. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

They led around the lake and up through steep woods to the summit of Piney Mountain, which wasn’t indicated on the map and isn’t really a mountain since it barely rises to 1,500 feet. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, it was so bright that I could barely see. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the day they landed, his left eye was barely visible and his right eye was in darkness. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were barely out of the ground, lovely and white with a beautiful pink beneath like the spokes of an umbrella. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we get out, we barely say thanks for the ride, barely say good-bye to any of them. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Yew's mother was partial to it, so I'd order it in for her. She passed away with a new jar barely touched.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He held me easily, barely noticing my efforts to pull away. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The word left my mouth in a thin breath that barely touched my lips, because I couldn’t believe he was really there. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I say it in such a small voice that I barely hear myself. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I barely said a word at the first committee meeting. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And the way they came out, he and Helen listed between barely squeezing by and undeniably short. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No thanks,” I say, barely opening my mouth to get the words out. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The old man had barely said anything since his stroke, but occasionally he’d blurt out random boleros from back in the day. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Once I counted mine: There were 75 pieces of corn and 15 beans—so little it barely covered the plate. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs my forehead and puts it to his, and says in barely a whisper, “You are such an idiot.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her pupils were pinpricks, barely visible in her dark brown eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She barely turns to look at me, too busy pushing a strawberry crème tart into her mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

With barely a minute to spare, the list was finally complete. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mirian is livid; she is so broke she can barely buy used clothes for her three children. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

There’s no moon in the sky, but the stars make enough light to see by, just barely. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’d made it, and it was barely an hour after noon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The girl was barely hidden in the green bushes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

All I had was a claw-picking fat cat napping on my bed, and I could barely keep my room clean. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s different,” said Lupin, barely moving his lips and looking suddenly tense. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We barely even argued, but a snake of tension quietly slithered into our lives. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She barely had time for caterpillar collecting, and it did not contribute to the family business. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On the next point, Reggie was slow to respond to a drop shot that barely crossed the net, giving Glenn another score. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes those planes were so old they could barely take off. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flashed to my grandfather’s ashen face, his lips just barely moving, uttering those very words. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Even Lewis and Clark with their big guns were astounded and unsettled by the ability of the grizzly to absorb volleys of lead with barely a wobble. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When it came to the final join, Will’s head was ringing, and he was so exhausted by the intellectual effort he could barely lift the next branch onto the fire. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He could just barely see the lines of the Maze written on the second page through the page resting on top. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know,” I whisper, barely getting the words out before his mouth lands hard and urgent on mine. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Jon twisted from the knife, just enough so it barely grazed his skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The room is warm; it smells terrible, rank and sour—I’ve barely left it since Thursday. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think we barely averted a disaster,” he said. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s your son, Michael, parading around the world in his new suit which I paid for while I myself have barely a crust to keep body and soul together. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In mathematical terms, we are barely scratching the surface of our lives at this point. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was barely afternoon, but it appeared the group was settling in here through the evening. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wolf was suspicious and afraid; for Buck made three of him in weight, while his head barely reached Buck’s shoulder. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yell louder, and the figures on the ground pump their fists and yell back, but they are so far away I can barely hear them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was no TV at Garland, and it wasn’t just because our generator barely had enough power to run the lights and refrigerator. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He taught them the manual of arms when they could barely walk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If there is one thing she hates most about being in the foster care system, it’s this dependence on people you barely know, your vulnerability to their whims. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A minute later, barely hiding the glee in her voice, Spike asks, “What’s that smell?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Already they were getting used to much walking on short commons — shorter at any rate than what in the Shire they would have thought barely enough to keep them on their legs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was barely a cut above poor white folks, when compared to the master. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I barely feel the wet grass underneath me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

His sugar bush was scraggly and his oat crop barely enough to feed his growing family. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She barely has on any makeup, yet her skin still looks like porcelain. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Space, considered barely in length between any two beings, without considering anything else between them, is called DISTANCE. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Me and Daddy’s plates barely need washing, we scrape them so clean. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She’s not quite ragged but seems to me barely clothed, at least compared to the high-necked blouses, cardigans, and long skirts she used to wear back when I knew her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dark has settled in, and I can barely see the wound, but I can feel the warmth of the blood as it oozes into my hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s been so long since I felt it that I barely recognize it at first. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ally Nickerson,” I answer, so softly that even I can barely hear myself. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I barely hear Mrs. Fisher yell at me to get out of her class. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Everyone is jostling and trying to get closer to the entrance of the mall, and Momma and I can barely get through. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, Ma, shoulders hunched, barely eats, speaks. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He could barely button one of the buttons on the front, so he dejectedly hung it back in the closet. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I film Phil as he swims, capturing his grace, how his smooth strokes barely ripple the surface. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Because I am barely holding my head above water. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Since those forgotten afternoons when her niece barely had enough interest to turn the crank on the sewing machine, she had reached the conclusion that she was simpleminded. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ivy could barely hear him over the wind’s fierce roar, and he set her on her feet. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lacey and Ben have beat me to the doors, but only just barely. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She ran out to wave, but the fog had swirled in again and she could barely see her hand. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d barely gotten any sleep the night before because I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about how much fun Thomas was probably having with Pete at the Fourth of July fireworks. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A heartbeat later, the police officer flies down the stairs, his feet barely landing on the steps. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The one between Florin and Guilder was barely a third that size. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Just barely, but, yeah. A win is a win.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I slammed on my brakes and just barely missed ramming him.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Combined with my paid work in Kilvin’s shop, this left me with barely enough time to eat, sleep, and study, let alone give my lute the time it deserved. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From the stage, I can barely make out anyone in the audience. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The truer critique would be just the reverse: not that schools change ghetto students too much, but that while they might promote the occasional scholarship student, they change most students barely at all. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crept like an atom cloud shot by lasers—or barely at a snail’s pace—as several folks slowed us down to say their hellos. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The slimy walls were barely three feet apart and glimmered like wet tar in the passing light of Dumbledore’s wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I know,” he said, his voice barely audible, almost covered by the humming of the tires on the road. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A band of orange and yellow ignited the sky, glorious and unexpected, as spectacular as fireworks, but changing at a stately, barely perceptible pace. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was barely enough room to sit, let alone rest my hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One of the figures in the darkness nods so slightly that I barely notice it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As it was, the soggy missile barely grazed his ear. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t offer any to Mama, even though they’re standing barely three feet apart. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The night’s warm, shy, barely touching our skin. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I could barely hear, as if my ears were still full of water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I barely owned the clothes on my back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a sound so painful, Conor could barely keep himself from putting his hands over his ears. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Magdalys barely had time to nod before Redd spun Reba around one more time on top of the trike and then sent her leaping off, directly into the fray as shotgun blasts erupted around them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She barely heard the other girls’ voices, and as soon as possible she stretched out on a sleeping mat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheekbones triangulating into her chin, her pitch-black lips barely turned to a smile. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The fading light of day shone through the cave’s opening, barely illuminating the darkness around us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Someone will come along for him,” Mom says, and I can barely hear her as the guitar screeches. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Though the sun has barely started dipping beneath the rooftops and trees, streetlamps are lit on both sides of the road. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He's so high now, he's barely with me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mark was barely holding onto his mind, but he felt a sudden, unbearable sadness. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

My leotard barely stretched over my protruding belly and my thighs touched no matter how hard I begged them not to. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Suit #2 has barely uttered a word since the pair marched into our house. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I felt relieved that she knew me, because I barely knew her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked under the sink for a flashlight, and found one, but the batteries had long since run down, and it barely glowed with the faintest straw-colored light. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Over the course of her life, this day will be a slight, barely noticeable aberration. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Continual Pain & today my Palsies barely allow me to eat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The words were barely spoken, when a hawk, Apollo’s courier, flew up on the right, clutching a dove and plucking her—so feathers floated down to the ground between Telemakhos and the moored cutter. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is barely more than a silhouette, slender and elegant, wearing a fedora that shadows his face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She was forced to live in a basement where she could barely stand up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I reach for Eric’s gun, so panicked I can barely see, and when I look up, I swear the amount of Dauntless in the room has doubled. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s a Dodecahedron?” inquired Milo, who was barely able to pronounce the strange word. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Am I making a mistake, Pappa?” he said, his voice just barely above a whisper. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

How could she understand that I loved the song “Elvira” by the Oak Ridge Boys when I barely under stood it myself? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Annabeth had been afraid the spider’s barbed legs might puncture the silk, but Arachne’s legs were pressed so tightly against her body she could barely move them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even now, when it is barely morning, there is plenty of light to see by. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When Faith stepped out of her car the next morning, I could barely look at her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In the agony of trying to answer their barely comprehensible questions, I jabbed my hands here and there, forming words with my fingers because the words refused to leave my mouth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“And you brought it to my attention, barely”—he glanced at the clock—“two hours ago.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The church hall was so crowded we could barely get inside, and once we did, it was overheated with the crush of bodies. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His freckly face was so close to mine he barely had to speak much louder than a whisper. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But so thick were the pines that the morning sun barely touched the ground. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know if it was from fear or exhaustion, but she could barely breathe. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Luke was so angry he could barely see straight. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Isobel only barely manages to contain her involuntary intake of breath as she lays Le Bateleur over the already placed cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The final match of the competition had been close, with Rick barely winning after he’d been able to king his final piece. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I barely notice Carla packing up to leave at the end of the day. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fewer than 5 percent of the neighborhood’s adults had a college degree; barely one in three adult men worked at all. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I felt like I had barely seen Adam and Kim all summer. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I looked, there were desks that were so huge and dark, you could barely see the people sitting behind them, and people moving in and out of offices—mostly cops. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

My arms were so heavy, I could barely raise my sword. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I see. I was right about him, by the way. He can barely read and write. And she’s not much better.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I barely saw Grandma sit down, let alone take to bed. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

But crumpled there in the dust of the road I can barely move. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

One picture is so dark you can barely see the tree at all. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re just like mine,” she said, but I barely had time to smirk at her immaculate manicure before she added, “and just like your mother’s, too.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She heaved the fish through a window, but the sirens were so loud I could barely even hear the glass break-ing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They could barely find first base when the movie started, but a hundred minutes later, they were sliding onto home plate like World Series winners. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was a rat, entirely black from tip to tail, barely distinguishable from the night itself. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Piper barely had time to withdraw her fingers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was early in the game, and we were either just barely winning or just barely losing—I don't remember. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He could barely look me in the face. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She noticed that his lids barely covered his blank, rolled-up eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So ready for this to be the end,” he murmured, almost to himself, “for this to be the twilight of your life, though your life has barely started. You’re ready to give up everything.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I notice my pocket-size sketchbook lying on my dresser, the regimen crammed into the back of it, neatly folded and just barely sticking out past the small pages of the book. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They’d never gone anywhere; she barely remembered a life outside the Night Zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It is time to leave,” he said, and though his voice was barely louder than a whisper, all of the Hunt turned in unison to their horses, prepared to go. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Had she been hanging on to her dream of being a writer, but only barely hanging on, and something made her let go? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was on the side bench, just beyond the edge of the hyena’s indoor track and barely hidden from me by the bulge of rolled-up tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some straight kid who barely knows me, advising me on coming out. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Finally, after I was daydreaming for like an hour, I turned to Rondell and told him how he should try not to do that anymore, fight random people for barely no reason. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Look at us. We’ve barely hugged since that Berg attacked the village. We both look and feel fine, so it seems kind of silly to stay apart.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Boys who are hiding secrets, girls who can barely stand to see daylight—he has devoted his life to listening to us and giving us a space to make our statements. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It made me into a zombie. That’s why I couldn’t tell you stories. I could barely tell the time of day.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Girl rattles off a few more past offenses, some of which I can barely remember. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Her glasses reflect the fluorescent light above us, so I can barely see her eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished with barely a whisper—“Can you hear it/”—and leaned with her cupped hand to her ear, fifteen hundred people seemed to inch forward, straining to hear. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The three numbers are pressed so quickly I barely have time to hold the phone to my ear before a voice comes on, “Nine one one.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I’ve got rope burn on my fingers, I can barely hold my eyes open, and a camera crew’s waiting for me to do something brilliant. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the now barely visible face peering out of the brick wall. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I was a very shy and quiet child who barely talked to anyone. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her words were barely audible as they whispered past his ear. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was a whisper at first: hushed, barely audible. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was barely brimming over the horizon and the air was still chilly when Nathan thrust the shovel head into the dry cornfield. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Later I can barely remember this part of the evening. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the lowering dusk Taran could barely distinguish the man from the tree; and could have walked within a pace of him before realizing he was any more than a splotch of shadow. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“The words reach you from a distance, and you can barely glimpse the meaning.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Even the rescue that Tobias is proposing barely appeals to me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Toby gunned the engine, faster and faster down the interstate until he whipped around a subtle curve and Lily grabbed the armrest with a quick, barely audible yelp. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I could barely stay seated because of the command. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to stay here,” he whispered, his lips barely moving, close to my ear. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With the oars damaged and the foresail torn, Leo could barely manage a controlled descent. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I am so excited to talk with them I can barely stand still. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I barely breathed, not wanting to disturb her. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I turn toward him, but I can barely look him in the face. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My arms trembled, I could barely breathe, but I pulled him closer than a blanket on the coldest night. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Hazel felt so off-balance she could barely stand, much less think straight. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was a burden so heavy I could barely sleep at night for lack of breath. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The rest of them squeezed in around the table; elbow to elbow and with barely enough room to move, they started to eat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He could barely see the ground in front of him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ever since, Frank had been stumbling around in a daze, barely able to function. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Soon she had twenty-four migrants at home, so many she could barely open her front door. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The stallion responded to this new touch on the reins with mighty bursts of speed, so much so that Lluagor could barely keep pace. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily something like this—fighting in public—would embarrass me, but I barely even notice anyone except Daniel. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Organisms exist not because of reactions that are possible, but because of reactions that are barely possible. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

We tore around the curves, barely staying upright as tremors shook the mountain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Kaitlin could barely keep her arms around Z’s neck, which meant the guy had no hands to grab anything to help him make the climb down. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My fingers were barely working by then, but I got the matchbox open and dumped a few out and managed to pinch one between my thumb and a numb finger. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was stuffing a pipe outside the tobacconist’s shop and blathering on about politics to a woman who was barely listening. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Outside, Amil was awful at cricket as usual, his skinny arms barely able to make a solid hit or throw, but this was just a party game, nothing serious. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His foot had barely touched the first step, when he suddenly heard voices from above. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mother laid down her hoe and followed slowly, picking her way over the mounds of plowed earth that Jethro’s feet seemed barely to touch. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely hold in how excited I am. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Jasper wants exercise,” said Beatrice, stirring the dog with her foot; “he’s getting much too fat, and he’s barely two years old. What do you feed him on, Maxim?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It's a bright and brilliant day, and here we are, two kids who barely know each other and have nothing in common, hiding in an alley. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now, from California, lying on his bunk in the evenings, so sore he could barely move, Milton consulted a Greek-English dictionary to piece together reports on his navy life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“But the potatoes barely bring in enough money to live on,” explained little Willy. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The auditorium erupted again and Tucker could barely hide his grin as he walked back to his seat, twirling his silver salutatorian tassels. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Jesse went to the Chicago Film Festival where he met a friendly and attractive Finn, but she barely spoke English. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father worked as a stoker at the factory, barely earning enough to make ends meet. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Clarke hustled her directly to the drawing room in such a flurry of chatter Penelope barely had time to gape at the grandeur of the house’s vast interior. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The alleys were narrow, barely wide enough for a car to pass through. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Almost nobody even noticed the Washington shell apparently limping along out in the middle of the river, so far back one could barely see it in the gathering darkness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The bell for World History rings and I barely make it through the door before Miss Rubio shuts it behind me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Through the rest of the night and most of the following day, Beck lay out on the ice, exposed to the merciless wind, cataleptic and barely alive. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A kid from Louie’s neighborhood was deemed feebleminded, institutionalized, and barely saved from sterilization through a frantic legal effort by his parents, funded by their Torrance neighbors. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Three billion years, and life itself barely exists. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I am so worried that I barely register her smile. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

John is thirteen, just barely starting his growth spurt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“They beat it out of me with their whips, cut it out of me with their knives, shot it out of me with their guns. I can barely see, and every step causes me pain.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk around the truck, but it’s barely walking. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

After barely nibbling it, she thought her respiratory system was going to implode. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It has been a year and a half since Theo rode the night train to Arles to find Vincent lying in a hospital bed drained of life, barely conscious. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I step inside, expecting everyone to start throwing books at my head, but I breathe with relief when their gazes barely flicker to me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I say, so stunned I can barely get the words out. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The thought had barely entered my mind when I heard the unmistakable sound of a window being slid open. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Now immobilized, he spoke through barely parted lips, “You better make this worth it. Go, guys.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The man’s voice is tender, barely a whisper, a short knife in the tension that grips the house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Mouths full of macaroni and cheese, barely lifting our forks from the tables, we all manage a weak “Yeah...” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ahead, I could barely discern a square of light through the shifting smoke. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And what would this God be like, this God of Ben Meecham, this God that Ben was losing fast and barely believed in? The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sister, who worried about everything and had barely slept for days, was finally fast asleep. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ll stop by, too,” Cole’s mother said, her voice barely loud enough to be heard. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Thirteen years with barely a word and now you wish to speak with me?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A narrower track, barely wide enough for an oxcart, continued on, straight toward the mountains. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

So tired he could barely move or focus on the questions the deputy was asking him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was stiff, sore and exhausted, barely grateful to be still alive. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman slumped over the crate and caught his breath, barely able to nod to the old man’s thank yous. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were closed, though just barely, the lids frail and milky and almost transparent in the dim light. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning Mom escorted us to the bus stop, I could barely control my emotions. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Chuck barely flinched, but he immediately reared back to clobber Ben. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Toby let the twins off the floor and they came running to their mother, talking a mile a minute, barely breathing between their words. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He leaned out the door again, barely gripping the hand bar with his fingertips, all his weight dangling by those thin wrists. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I barely knew him, and yet, somehow, not knowing when I would see him again after tonight was anguishing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Infants did not require the four days of watching; the wisps of their spirits, barely arrived, drifted away quickly. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recently we’ve been eating a little extra rye bread because by four o’clock we’re so hungry for dinner we can barely control our rumbling stomachs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was twelve years old at the time, small for my age, and it was startling to find myself locked in a windowless room with a man who barely reached my chest. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Mama and I barely made it out of there!” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That yellowish makeup’s spread across her lips too, so you can barely tell she even got a mouth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Zooey glanced at me again, and the entire car swerved to the right, barely remaining on the road. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I could barely see my hand in front of my eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At one extreme, innumerable islets, such as those of the Tuamotu Archipelago, are flat, low atolls barely rising above sea level. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely keep my eyes from rolling out of my head the way he’s fawning over her. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He did not move a hair, but wiped his eyes which he couldn’t barely hold open to witness the world. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I’m barely listening, because over Bren’s shoulder I see her again—Violet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sean lay on the couch barely awake, his hands covering his ears. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, barely in view, there was a bright spot of blue—the sky, uninterrupted by the web’s milky strands. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t care for Nell; I could barely care for myself. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door barely closes when I ask, “Daddy, you in love with Miss Fulton?” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Leah barely glances at hers before folding and tearing off the bottom and creasing it into an origami crane. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I’ll barely have a family since I don’t know their cell phone numbers, just their home line. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even the many meters of her sari barely stretched around her. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I barely felt a warm tingle from the flower under my jacket and thought of Ishtar's warning about how its properties might affect my...condition. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Either we barely got food or this thing got shut off. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Yet the country barely had time to catch its breath when, less than two weeks later, the largest strike that had ever taken place in the United States began. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Minutes before darkness plunged, rain started to fall and I had barely enough time to pack everything I had into the nylon duffel and hang it from a tree branch to keep it dry. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop by for some tea soon, will you? I’ve barely seen you since, well, the funeral. What is it, six weeks now? Hard to believe it. It feels like yesterday.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And a thin layer of itchy fabric is barely enough to cover your body. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She pushed her suitcase into the open top—it barely fit—and banged it through the cheap Venetian blind. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In its quiet state, the crocus was barely noticeable. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They had turned back and made their way on snowshoes, barely reaching Hadley before another blizzard set in. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I barely had time to soak my swollen foot before we were again on our way. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

At times we barely had enough money to pay our rent, I knew that we couldn’t afford college. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was frail and soft, and it barely carried as the warriors’ whooping grew. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She handed me a plate, barely looking up at me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Schoening and Beidleman, barely able to speak, told the Russian where to find the five clients who’d remained behind out in the elements and then collapsed in their respective tents, utterly spent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They are mostly oblivious of the extended Croteau family, and have barely met the Croteau cousins, who are close to their age and live nearby but lead quite different lives. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It misses me—barely—and Helene is past me in a blur of blonde and silver. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He barely met her eyes when he spoke, but there was a blooming happiness in his voice that belied how pleased he was at her compliments. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I asked her questions about her life, her schooling, and her friends, and then tried to take her back to the old days that she barely remembered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could barely force the words through his chattering teeth, but he stared at her as hard as he could, trying to make Pima understand. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A tiny idea was beginning to worm its way into Grayson’s head; he could barely feel it as it brushed by all the claptrap in his brain. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jim Morrison’s voice was soft and barely reached us from where it was filtering through Betty’s speakers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She put on the Beatles singing “Eleanor Rigby” and played it over and over and over again, low, so that I could just barely hear it through her door. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The barely sanded, barely painted wood was rough against my palms. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

With a barely concealed sigh of relief, she turned and left. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But the cheers of the Irish supporters were barely heard over the shrieks of the veela, the blasts now issuing from the Ministry members’ wands, and the furious roars of the Bulgarians. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The light was so small he could barely see his legs. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And though I’ve never done anything like this before—have barely ever been alone with a man, certainly not a man in his undershirt—I’m not nervous. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a thing to know about me: I can barely read. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Right now, they shine with barely restrained mirth. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He could barely remember it now, of course—one of the hazards of so very long a life. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

There are hundreds of runners in front of us, and we’re barely even jogging as we move forward. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Joe’s eyes and his brain were so blurry he could barely see, let alone think, but he was feeling a lot of things. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept crying out, “Oh, I feel light as a feather! I can barely feel the floor beneath my feet! If only my Fredrick were here to see,” and other blurry exclamations of that sort. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He barely caught fifth place at the line. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I was barely able to touch the floor with my toes, Weylin ripped my clothes off and began to beat me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, I barely get to the toilet before the white liquor makes its reappearance. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later Andy desperately pawed the zippered door open and barely managed to thrust his head and torso outside before vomiting. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cots were hard and dusty, but Tendai was so exhausted he barely noticed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was barely out of the fog of childhood, where questions simply died in my head. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Are the air molecules bunched very tightly together, with very empty spaces between the waves, or are they barely more organized than they would be in their normal course of bouncing off of each other? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I want to tell him that it’s not mine, that I barely understand it, but I get what he’s trying to say, and the correction would make it seem as though I didn’t. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve gone a whole year without being abducted before, but January twenty-ninth is barely a month from now, so you’d think they’d want to give me plenty of opportunities to push the button.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The next song starts with a guitar that my head can barely resist. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When we came into the forest, the landscape changed and it grew cooler; the trees rose up before us in narrow rows that barely let the sun in. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frenzy was collective; even tiny meerkittens were making for the water, barely being held back by mothers and guardians. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brian could barely hear him now, heard mostly noise and static. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The office is barely large enough for four people, especially when three of them are adults. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But in the morning Fiona calls to say she overslept, and Mom barely gets me to school on time. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

And having done so, might she obscure the fact by concocting a slight, barely clever fiction and satisfy her vanity by sending it off to a magazine? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I startle awake, squinting and muttering, barely able to process his words. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It feels like a chair skeleton with barely any flesh to support it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Finally, she opens the door, and I barely make it to the kitchen table. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was barely two hours into the shift, and already I felt I was near the end of my rope. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing Paul’s voice on the recording hit Percy in the gut so hard, he could barely speak at the tone. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The nightmares were so terrible that Celaena barely slept, despite her pain and exhaustion. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My eyes could barely unscramble what they saw. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Listen, Soph, you’re breaking up. I can barely hear you. Good luck on the test. Knock ’em dead—” The line went silent. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

His fingertips barely brushed the stones on both sides. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’d draw them—sad and shriveled with barely a spot of color. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“No thanks,” I said, not caring at all for the way Andrews's eyes barely gave Sohrab a glance, or the way he didn’t look at me when he spoke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In traditional medicine ‘spirits’ did the work in the body that we would attribute to electrical impulses travelling along the nerves; these spirits were, we might say, barely material. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Even big things like when my dad, a cop, started working longer hours and could barely stand to look at me when he finally did come home. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It dropped through the hoop with barely a ripple of the net. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each sheet would go into his memory with barely a glance. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She looks over her shoulder, where the light from the Pit floor is barely visible. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Wanda’s face fell at that, and the next sentence out of her mouth was barely above a whisper. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

To those fishermen-villagers who live on the edge of the edge, on the extreme habitable limit of a barely habitable continent, honesty is as essential as food. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely tell if we were still walking or how much time had passed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The old dog's feet had barely touched the ground before he sprang again for that terrible throat grip, springing as if the years had dropped away and he were back in his fighting prime. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below was a small, shallow cut, barely through the skin, bordered on both sides by a white area, very sore to touch, which was going to be a bruise and turn black-and-blue. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was pitch black, so dark that Dallas and Florida couldn’t see each other although they were barely a foot apart. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

First, Professor Matthews responded: “Mandela, what do you know about whites? I taught you whatever you know about whites and you are still ignorant. Even now, you are barely out of your student uniform.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My problem is you’re so bossy. All you do is boss us around, and you’ve barely said thank you. You don’t even know for sure if this will stop the auction.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Like the Bible barely makes the cut because Christ is only in the second half,” Lydia said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

His lips barely brushed against my trembling lower lip. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel had barely time to flinch before Bigwig was sniffing at the pellets in the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whisper was barely audible; her lips were an inch from his ear, her head bent so low that her long hair shielded his face from the onlookers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Early-rising men not only do not talk much to strangers, they barely talk to one another. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I barely had the motivation to climb to the third floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The clerk said, “That’s not a legal description. It’s barely even a proper address.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I barely know you and I’m crammed up against you in a box, Four, what do you think?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When Columbus landed, the Americas therefore had been settled for barely two thousand years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was lying in a clearing barely fifty feet from their camp on the other side of the trail. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was nothing left there but a small dinghy that should barely fit us all. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I barely talked to the guy, and even then, we’d never discussed much. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The drum was old, for it had different markings than those around Barrow, but like them, it was barely rusted. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He won the first game, but I won the last two. Just barely, though.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve barely talked to Mom and Dad since they told me the truth. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I mean, yeah, my crimes weren’t entirely victimless, but the victims barely noticed what they were missing, and when they did, they had good insurance. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The assistant looked as though he wanted to stop them leaving, but he barely came up to Hagrid’s waist and seemed to think better of it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“The Grievers must barely fit through that thing.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I saw him trying to figure out how much trouble he would get in if he did hit me right there in the park in front of boys he barely knew. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

De Wet’s voice, which was muted before, was now barely audible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word was barely more than a whisper. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve barely stepped out of the car when my mother throws her arms around me, crushing me against her chest. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Hazel pressed herself against the wall, barely able to breathe. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It is still dark, but just barely, when we reach the bridge, which is two-tiered, with stone pillars at each corner. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was typing so fast, I barely saw what I was writing. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I can barely get the words out as she re-latches the secret shelf, closes the pantry door, and leads me back to the table. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This involved long hours, late into the night, with barely any respite. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Mark paused to take in the sounds that had become background noise, barely there until you focused on it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was barely enough to moisten a fingertip, but when you wiped it away, it immediately reappeared. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It’s barely enough time for me to figure out my locker combo. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His excitement was kind of an overload to me because I was barely awake. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Since she’s had the twins. I feel like I barely see her. And now our house is gone, and everything is awful. We haven’t worked on a Harriet story in almost a year.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then his mouth was on mine so hard I could barely breathe. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The lowest glass barely has time to refill as people pick them up to drink. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The shack had one window, but when they turned off the light and stretched out on the cots, you could barely see its outline, the night was so dark. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dark stage, barely lit, covered by a large screen. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

They were barely twenty feet from the bank at that point, and there was more than three quarters of the way to go. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He barely startled — he was becoming such a hardy little bonobo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was barely misting now; Alice was going to be right. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

By now, we are so immersed in conversation we are barely dancing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk past the drinking fountain and through the tunnels that seemed endless the day I got here but now barely register in my mind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The figure is barely painted, all in one color, a light ecru. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The only one he did not confront was Clara, but, of course, he barely spoke to her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was so still, the plume barely drifted away from the road. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait for hours in the mildewy shed, the tidewater just barely seeping in under the door. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We wore so many clothes that when we pulled our final coat on we could barely bend our arms. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely see the two rocks that guarded the entrance to Coral Cove, but I was not fearful. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They watched as it flew straight down the length of the island, so low it seemed to barely skim the tops of the skyscrapers. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Hummingbird’s span was barely narrower than the ship’s corridor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I am nearly sixteen when i look around the store and realize that it has barely changed in all the time I’ve been here. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Once I get to the part about the banquet and what I think is going to happen, the Roach interrupts me so many times I can barely get a sentence out. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Bass is the perfect instrument for me; you can barely hear it if you don’t know what you’re listening for, but the song wouldn’t be the same or even half as good without it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In barely a decade membership grew to four hundred–still all gentlemen, of course–and the Geological was threatening to eclipse the Royal as the premier scientific society in the country. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When she hits, there is barely even a splash. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He could barely see her face, but from her tone he knew her eyes were narrowed, as if trying to focus on a distant object. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We had barely an hour before the dark tumbled down into every nook and cranny in these woods. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

My eyes watered so much I could barely see the pump handle. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She knew this showed lack of proper feeling, but she had barely known Vatete. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in fact, the King was barely hanging on, could only rarely tell day from night, and basically spent his time in muttering. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We reached the Jeep in an impossibly short time, and Edward barely slowed as he flung me in the backseat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sam is walking so fast, I can barely keep up. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Cate barely had the car in park before she threw her door open and bolted straight for him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She had barely noticed him until after the bombing, when he said, “The mud will stain your dress,” and helped her up, Okeoma’s shirt still wrapped around her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This room has no mirrors and barely any light. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In my first three classes, history, math, and English, I can barely focus. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I could barely walk, but that afternoon we had to leave Paris to go to the World Cup competition, which was being held in the city of Orleans, about an hour southwest of Paris. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He thinks about how a year ago, he barely had one family, and now he has three: Maya and Grace and Jess; Mark and Linda; and a family across the border, lost but not gone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“More contempt. We’ve barely started and we’ve seen him be defensive for almost the whole time, and she has rolled her eyes several times.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Lily, barely awake, had waved her small fist. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

My head barely misses the creaky fan that twirls above. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I want to ask, but I can barely breathe, let alone speak. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It was night and his lamp was burning and he had just barely begun to get drunk when suddenly he knew he was no longer alone. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the rising ground behind the house, barely visible from the road, was a vertical orange tank twenty feet high. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is white with curly red hair and freckles that can barely be seen unless you stand close to her. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

This time I could barely move, my stomach was knotted and my kidneys ached. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was barely enough work for the adult laborers, and no one was giving it up. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened everywhere now, farms raided at night, raided of corn so tender they had not yet formed kernels and yams so young they were barely the size of a cocoyam. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was, as always, barely time to swallow the meals, though the food was not as ample as it had been a year ago. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The children could barely bring themselves to look. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a family photo next to me that I can barely see in the darkness, but I know it by heart because it’s been hanging there since I moved here four years ago. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Their spooning bodies together barely amounted to the size of Otto. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The married rebels barely had time to take leave of their wives, whom they left to their own devices. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was an old motel whose sun-faded sign barely read The King's Court. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I barely notice them, so fixed am I on this terrible train. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was moving very quickly, his perfect lips barely opening. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was two o’clock in the afternoon, and this time his office was filled with sunlight barely softened by a flimsy curtain. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I barely had time to react when two hands reached in, grabbed me by the collar, and pulled me through the window headfirst. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He had feared that he would have barely strength to lift his master alone, and beyond that he had expected to share in the dreadful dragging weight of the accursed Ring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"But that measly little paycheck barely covered the rent." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“So what you’re saying is that you cheated and you still barely managed to win.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I could barely look at her, because for the first time in I don’t know how long, I wanted to believe that I could actually be a different person tomorrow. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But they were left in doubt barely a second longer. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The hole was barely large enough to admit his hand and he thrust it out to feel of the air. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

One barely sounds off before another’s right behind it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I was so ticked off at Digger I could barely stand to look at him. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You’re lucky. I can barely see it anymore. Where is it?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Afterward, she wiped her lips as Toby got out of the truck with barely a word. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A band was playing, but it was barely audible over the crowd noise. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I barely noticed the children sitting on their backs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Formed long ago by the collapse of two rock pillars, the rubble had created a little enclosure, barely big enough for two people, hidden by a tree perched at its entrance. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Ariana was barely seven years old when she vanished from sight, and seven is the age by which most experts agree that magic will have revealed itself, if present. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As this was much shorter than the figure proposed by such eminent theoreticians as Niels Bohr, the results represented a gutsy challenge from two young scientists with the ink barely dry on their doctorates. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The cat came very fast indeed and although both of them had been braced ready to move on the instant, they were barely out of the yard in time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barely kept up with his training partners, lagging along behind with happy ineptitude. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Penkovsky barely knew his father, and was a committed Communist, suspicion trailed him his whole life. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We barely have any time left and we’ve spent some of it sleeping. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I never knew them. They were Inner Party members. Besides, they were far older men than I was. They belonged to the old days, before the Revolution. I barely knew them by sight.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But seriously, coming into 2003, I was so all over the place I could barely cast a shadow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His arms barely shot out in time to catch her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The head on a boat is basically a glorified closet, with ' barely enough room to sit and do your business. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The monster in the scene threw their roof after them, barely missing them as they ran. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

How could I get ten right when I could barely get four? Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them shut down, and black children were forced into crowded classrooms in dilapidated schools, often with teachers who were barely literate themselves. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But I barely noticed, for I was touching his face, something I’d dreamed of constantly since the first day I’d seen him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Koffi had barely caught her breath when she heard more footsteps. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Such vicious noise, such contorted faces, they were barely human in their horror. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He could barely see his own hand, and couldn’t see his feet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I barely have enough juice left to go brush my teeth.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She'd barely been allowed to pluck her eyebrows, but they didn't think seventeen was too young for major plastic surgery? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Fig lifted his head with barely opened eyes and then promptly settled back down to nap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The next day he was back at work, bandaged, bruised, and barely able to walk. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was barely more than a boy himself. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Alec had barely tripped the lock before the thump of bodies hitting it sounded from the other side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It felt like a house was on top of me; I could barely breathe. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I had barely reached the bedroom door when I heard my sister whimper. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The realization hits me so hard and fast that I can barely breathe. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And just like that, she could barely remember the word at all—and was only aware of a pulsing sensation in her skull, like the ticking of a clock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She has to remind her father to come out of the parlor for meals, though lately he has refused more and more often, barely leaving the room at all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was so stunned, the voice behind me barely registered. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You see, there was a boy, their first child, two years older than I. I barely remember him. We both caught some kind of fever. I got well, except for this leg, but he died.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I am making a figure-four trap as tall as me with a log on it that I can barely lift. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m done with all the aisles, the basket is piled so high, I can barely see over it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Jordie’s body was beside him, barely recognizable, white and swollen with rot, floating on the surface like some kind of gruesome deep sea fish. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A beating could come for things Toby barely remembered doing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was barely a day ago, yet it felt like a week. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He barely slept, he was so delirious with fever and pain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There's barely any room between the car and the wall. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Alvarez wondered what it was about a thin lamina of clay, barely a quarter of an inch thick, that could account for such a dramatic moment in Earth’s history. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t crying the night of the party, but I can barely hold it back now. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Her voice blended in with the noise of the room, so George could barely hear her even though she was only two seats away. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When he spoke, his voice was even, flat almost, and barely rose above the background noises of the restaurant. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The thing crowds in around my life, leaving barely enough room for air. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that I could barely read what I’d been assigned, barely form a complete sentence in classroom conversations most days—it was more how everyone acted. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so distracted and nervous I feel like all the blood in my body is rushing through my ears; I can barely hear her. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

At first, the thing barely ever got used. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was so exhausted from lack of sleep that he barely had enough energy to carry on a conversation. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to believe we barely knew each other when I first arrived, after only exchanging occasional gifts and letters over the years. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Robeson can barely say a word because everyone is clapping and cheering him on. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They passed out boxes of heart-shaped soaps, fuzzy slippers, creamy pink lotions, fancy hand towels, men’s shiny ties, and chocolates, which surprised Liyana, since they’d barely eaten chocolate in their own house. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In these two cases telescopic snapshots had been included, fuzzy 3-D color prints which he could barely make out. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The twinkle of city lights barely broke through the fog, making the air look just gold-hued enough to be magical. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I mean, you barely had to be psychic to figure it out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She barely had time to enjoy the unexpected warmth, however, before Hermione’s silent Stunning Spell hit her in the chest and she toppled over. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The binding is frayed, and the rope around its center barely holds in the contents. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I could barely see the papers’ brown scrawl, so precious as it was, in the faint light. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Someone—probably Uriah—whistles, but I barely hear it over the pulsing in my ears. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Kate’s ear had been to the pipe when she heard the splash—she’d barely had time to jerk her head back before the hot water gushed out. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two torches burned on either side of me, barely illuminating a long, damp corridor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Twice more Tidbit was tossed into the bloody water, and twice more he barely escaped the jaws of the hungry alligators. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shhh . . . There’s nothing to be sorry about,” she said, so quietly I could barely hear her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The bedroom door closes and I can barely hear her footsteps going down the stairs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I watched him closely, but he’d barely even skimmed the thing when the door behind him swung open and a tough, skinny old bag in a Red Carpet uniform stepped in beside him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He hurried over to Mr. Ollivander, who appeared to be barely conscious. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And then, barely a week later, a single rogue agent pulled a thread that threatened to unravel Stalin's carefully woven net. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They gave us barely a glance as we entered the hall leading to the queen’s dwelling. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I used to think he didn’t notice all the currents of tension that ran through the family, but as I get older, I see that barely suppressed conflict doesn’t bother him in the least. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He told a tale about how one old range hog had caught him when he was a baby and his folks got there just barely in time to save him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drove in silence for a while, sailing through stop signs with barely a look. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I can barely stand to imagine what we might do next. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Tried to run again but found herself barely able to move. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I bolt up and barely miss hitting my head. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We drive through tiny streets that our taxi barely squeezes through. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Henry let his sword clatter to the ground, which was no big concession since Gregor saw he could barely hold it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was shaking so badly he could barely stand, his eyes half-closed, teeth chattering. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I broke the surface and found Mo had already climbed onto a small rock, barely breaking the water's surface. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A blues king, not a sickly old man, barely making it. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, you weren’t there an hour. It was barely twenty minutes.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The bank was so steeply inclined and overgrown that the horses could barely keep their footing. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I sell old clothes in the market,” she says in a barely audible voice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I barely have time for my real chores. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was barely enough space to open them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And Aphrodite a piled three stories hig tulle and dripping wit jpeared in the room, with her hair 1, barely covered by a few layers of 1 artificial grapes from her shoulders to her knees. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Urged him to give the relatives he barely remembered a chance to reach out. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In such a small way that I barely noticed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

On April 19, barely a week before the election, Chief Buthelezi accepted the offer of a consti-tutional role for the Zulu monarchy and agreed to participate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of ogres were camped on his lawn, waiting to tear him apart, and Frank could barely control the urge to grin. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was so torn and dirty and full of holes that it barely resembled a dress anymore. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Maddie pressed another one into my hand, but I barely felt it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Waterman was a small person, barely five feet three inches tall, with an elfin face and the sinewy, inexhaustible physique of a gymnast. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, you can barely walk. If you tried anything, I’d just push you off the roof.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Avoiding eye contact, she barely fluttered her hand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

On his return they adopted a more shallow track in the woods that permitted them to barely see houses through the brush. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju asked, barely glancing at the boy before turning back to a traffic light. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wondered what it felt like to be hovering like that with only a thin railing between him and the water, when I could barely keep my balance on the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Kwasi ran off then, laughing as he chased the grasshopper, his bare feet barely skimming the dusty ground. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s barely nine, there’s still plenty of time...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I barely heard what Papa had to say. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other dassies fled with shrieks, but Nhamo barely heard them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found himself face-to-face with a man so fat that he could barely fit into the small cabin of the crusher. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

In summer it will barely be there, and the crayfish will hide in the wet mud under rocks until the next rain. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to go,” he finally whispered, barely audible. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“They are the stupidest of creatures in the Underland! Why, they can barely even speak!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was barely six feet high and only a few feet wide. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I would barely have recognized you, the North has changed you so,” he said, wondering if she had really pressed herself against him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“How can you even tell? I can barely even see anything in here.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you trust me, Miss Martin?” he asks, watching her with the same intense stare from the café, only this time his eyes are barely inches from her own. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had the slightest smile on his face, barely there. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He whispered, barely audibly: “Well, if he plays that...I can block his bishop.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It seems so long ago, although barely a week has passed since that day. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It barely grazes me, and I use the momentum of dodging the blow to stand up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I barely raised my eyes until a car, passing with a thudding of skid chains whirled completely around on the ice, then turned cautiously and thudded off again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was barely aware of Jorge’s departure, but the instant the door closed the boys scrambled off their beds and clustered around Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The refugees could barely speak to each other. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Most of them barely glance at us, but eventually, an old man shuffles up, adjusts his dusty white turban, and leans on his cane. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The rotten tiles broke with a noise of disaster and the man barely had time to let out a cry of terror as he cracked his skull and was killed outright on the cement floor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I barely said three words to Dana before the paper chain project, and even now I wouldn’t describe us as friends. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mark was two years older than Luke and barely a year younger than Matthew, the oldest Matthew and Mark were easily recognizable as brothers, with their dark hair and chiseled faces. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She barely heard Calpurnia talking: “Frank, he do wrong ... he pay for it. . . my grandson. I love him . . . but he go to jail with or without Mr. Finch. “ Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I can barely even hear the announcer’s voice over it all. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hazel sat in the front seat while her mom spent a lifetime in the grocery store, barely resisting the urge to punch through the window. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Adams had her own tiny room, just barely big enough for a single bed and a bureau. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t speak Kushoto, I can barely conjugate a verb correctly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The two Poe books were the smallest ones and barely added to the bulk, so she left them in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

To say that these guys like to build roads barely hints at their level of dedication. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Our house seemed like such chaos compared to Omi’s, like we went from day to day, meal to meal, with barely any plans at all. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was barely dawn, and only the white stripe running the length of her face was clearly visible. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Declaration of Independence and the Revolution were mentioned at school, of course, but just barely. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t want to be with someone who barely knew his father, who’s met him only once. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I barely even glance at my schedule before the first day of school. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Brothers Sid and George Lund—one in the all-sophomore boat, one in a JV boat—now barely greeted each other with grunts each afternoon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I barely say a word at lunch, and I don’t linger after the bell rings. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Between the letter and being late, I barely notice that Lymon didn’t come to school. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Only Kumi could stand up to this threat, and her strength is tied to mine. The rest...they are barely enough to protect the Golden Crescent,” Nyame said sadly. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The motor made a low, steady hum, but the refugees barely spoke. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“But I am not a man, Muggle,” said the cold voice, barely audible now over the crackling of the flames. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Someone had also volunteered something called an “ultra-light” aircraft which swooped overhead, barely clearing the tops of the trees. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For another, she’s so focused on the next part of the story that she can barely think of anything else. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

You failed English and chemistry, and you just barely passed history and math! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On that first day, we barely touched our weapons. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I knew just enough Farsi to stutter that I barely knew how to speak Farsi. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

People in the squadron he barely knew popped into sight out of nowhere as he passed and asked him how he was doing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s much too early to be awake. The day has barely begun, and it will be a lovely, lazy, sleepy day.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

One cool, rainy morning a few weeks later, Luke’s family left in such a rush, they barely had time to say good-bye. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

His teeth were all sharp and so long they barely fit into his mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He’s barely looked at me since he picked me up from Uncle Carlos’s house. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Grace could barely say their names without wincing. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

True, Edward’s ears barely cleared the tabletop, and true also, he spent the duration of the meal staring straight ahead at nothing but the bright and blinding white of the tablecloth. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Wylan had been red-faced, barely able to speak the words of his supposed “affliction.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They must have climbed a long way up; Tally could see patches of moonlight rolling slowly across the low hills around the city, pushed along by the fight wind that barely tugged at the clouds. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I knew the words were mine, but I barely remembered them, and it was hard to concentrate, with so many questions, so much feeling, crowding in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His battered face was twisted with grief and fear, and he could barely limp through the wreckage. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Behind my captor, a sea of legionnaires tries to pull Helene down, barely keeping a hold on her as she twists and spits, a cat in a net. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The curtain had barely come down before the men from the Sociological Department approached. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I could barely make out, or perhaps only sense, the forms of the boys, stirring fitfully but not yet awake: Dominick and James, six-year-old twins, huddled together for warmth on a pallet on the floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I can see it!” came the reply, Olive’s voice barely a squeak over the white noise of waves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It looks almost like the Grafton Hill projects, except these brick buildings barely have any windows. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You can barely detect the definition in my cheekbones.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had not seen Oliver in nearly two years, and when he met me at the airport in Accra I barely recognized him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only kid he knew who’d had to become a father figure for his little brother and sister, when he was barely older than them himself. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“But it definitely survives longer than most plants. All through the winter and everything. You barely even have to water it. It’s like toughest of all the plants. The survivor.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She could barely play the cello, because it meant turning loose of his hand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could barely move about or speak, but she gathered her strength, and after a long moment she said, “Boy, you’all are gonna get yourselves in a heap of trouble. You know better.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard a low growl and barely had time to duck before Adiah’s claws tore through the wood in one vicious motion. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

George got up from the spot where she had been flopped on the couch for the last hour, barely noticing the talking dogs and superhero kids who flashed by on the television screen. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She could barely stop yawning long enough to brush her teeth. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

They had barely entered, and behind them the light of the clearing still showed, and a corner of Kira’s little house. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“He way older than me. Matter of fact, I barely saw him because he had already been drafted into the army. But his mama used to babysit me when I was a little girl.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I wished we hadn’t seen ourselves as a speck of dust, surrounded by so much nothing we were barely even visible. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My legs were so soft, my gut was so soft, my bones were so soft, I’d barely made it down the hall. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She speaks with nostalgia of the years her family had spent in England, living at first in London, which she barely remembers, and then in a brick semidetached house in Croydon, with rosebushes in front. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, however, Harry barely grinned once. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Showing it all around, he ended up in front of his older son, who during the past few days had barely put in an appearance in the laboratory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had no idea how long dragons could fly without landing, nor how this particular dragon, which could barely see, would locate a good place to put down. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I could barely keep my eyes open it was pouring so hard, bouncing off everything, splashing me in the face. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The houses they passed were all fenced off or hidden behind towering hedges, so he could barely see any of them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was weak and could barely talk and kept asking me if I was taking care of myself. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His mother had barely come out all week. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Light barely trickled over crusted earth beyond the fence. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

My heart was thumping so hard, I could barely breathe. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Dutch military held out for barely three weeks before surrendering to Hitler. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the darkness of their room, I could barely make out their outlines—Mom curled up against Dad, and Dad holding her gently, even in sleep, as if she were breakable. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I kept shooting it with all my might and barely getting it over my own head. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can just barely hear Wells’s voice through her speaker. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The repetitive, barely audible prayers of his mother. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He was surprised to see a message from a cousin of his— someone he barely knew. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Writers Greg Tate, Chairman Mao, dream hampton—barely older than me—were out there creating a new language, one that I intuitively understood, to analyze our art, our world. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The only space that feels like mine is my tiny bedroom, into which a double bed and a desk have been crammed, with barely enough space to walk between them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My lips curled into a dumb sort of smile, and I barely even registered the clatter of a receiver leaving its cradle or the rattle of buttons tapping out a number. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I should have been in a coma, but I barely felt a thing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Nathan squinted and could barely see a tiny white flame inside its clear angular walls. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I can barely see them between the spots on my vision, but Tobias touches my shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had barely spoken to me since I announced my decision. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was stiff, and her lips barely moved as she spoke. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

His feet were blistered; his muscles, sore; he could barely breathe, he might never run another step in his life. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to read Dad’s expression, even thought it was barely dusk. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I save some shelf space for toiletries, since the sink barely has room for a small cup and my toothbrush. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It would have been safer to go to the farther bank—the villagers wouldn’t be able to find her—but she could barely see it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

No larger than a raven, it was young and barely out of its first moult; the head seemed a little too big for its body, the feathers thin and quilly. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then she smiles at me slightly, and I can barely look at her. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Maribel crouched down and ran her hand along the sand, barely skimming the surface. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It barely held the man and the boy. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But me, I slept restlessly a lot, and sometimes it seemed I barely slept at all. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Bells was breached, taking on water so fast they barely got out with half of what was in the holds...and that wasn’t much, not after sailing out there so long. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Luke stepped inside, barely taking notice of the beer cans littering the floor. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was looking around and barely even glanced at Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The side of my knee barely brushes the cushion, and it seizes again. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My parents were so wrapped up in their own problems that they barely even registered me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I barely managed a shrug of my shoulders, a nothing shake of my head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The security guard barely looked at the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He sounded tired and sad, and once or twice I could barely hear his voice over the phone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A figure climbs toward the glass ceiling, and judging by the smooth way he walks, like his feet barely leave the ground, I know it is Four. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was lousy at sports and a squeaker at studies—just barely squeaking by—but, like his mother said, you did your best and God took care of the rest. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chain half buries us, but we barely notice. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I barely kept myself from sprinting through Red Witch Bridge. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He could barely get through a day at school. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

It barely fits, but it will have to work. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He barely registers our presence when we walk in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They’d barely been able to stumble a hundred yards in this poisonous place without dying. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Polly could barely see the two small wounds on her leg; there was very little blood. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our backyard is tiny—just a slab of concrete that barely fits a table and chairs. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Like the bedroom and bathroom, the study was squashed under the apex of the bungalow’s roof, and was little more than a corridor between the two, barely six feet long and five feet wide. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their feet could barely touch the ground, but that didn’t stop them from reclining the seat with great strength into our knees. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She felt a surge of triumph that faded as she tried to pull herself up and barely moved an inch. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’m so busy thinking of how proud Lita would’ve been, I barely notice my mom motioning to my dad as we walk up to the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The rain was so heavy that I could barely see the house at all. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She moved her face, so I barely hit her. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying in bed barely visible in the light coming from a single bulb. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They’re barely visible, far away enough that we are safe, for now. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I ignored him, and he returned minutes later with a senior warder whom I barely knew. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely wait to leave at noon when Mrs. DiAngelo came out to pay me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s barely been twenty-four hours, and it’s kinda taken on a life of its own.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes were hollow and glazed, and he barely flinched when Pax cleaned his neck once more. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The soup’s taste was so disgusting that Jack could barely swallow his first sip. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

For now, I can barely get out of the house with lipstick. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nan, I know it’s normally just the two of us. But what if this time we let some people help. I barely know Abby, but you said yourself she’s great. There’s Holly too.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

With closed eyes, barely breathing I warded off the pain. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t cheat Eliza, I can barely sneak a piece of cheese from the larder without feeling bad.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His bedroom door flies open, and Zahra slams on the light, a steely expression of rage barely concealing the sheer terror on her face. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He spoke in barely more than a whisper, but they caught every word — like Professor McGonagall, Snape had the gift of keeping a class silent without effort. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Papa had lost weight; usually, Mama s small hands barely went round to his back, but this time her hands rested on the small of his back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But this was natural; she had barely arrived. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I barely even know her,” I said, which had become true. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Toby’s hands were shaking so bad he could barely hold the steering wheel as he drove toward the interstate. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“My mother,” the Sorrow Eater mumbled, barely noticing the enormous dragon bearing down on her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He’s got her wrists in his hands but she’s fighting him, fighting and kicking for all she’s worth, but her face is a thing so scared I can barely get my words out. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

His toga was baggy, his tunic barely fit over his belly, and his scabbard fell off his belt every three seconds, but Frank didn’t bother pointing that out. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It sounds like Miss Hilly’s barely hanging on by a thread. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He's out of the house so fast I barely have time to process what just happened. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Colonel Batt looked at my eyes—which were downcast and barely open—and realized that if he didn’t bend the rules just slightly, he would lose me for good. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“It was all so long ago, I barely remember. Now—when do you want to begin?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was sitting on its haunches, barely visible in the speckled light. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The food particles compressed to less than half their original size, but the oil was barely affected at all. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried not to lean against him, to grit my teeth against the jarring motion, but I could barely keep my head from rolling back. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He looks strong and healthy, so different from the sick, starving boy I knew in the arena, and you can barely even notice his limp now. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The words had barely left his mouth when a girl with long, curly hair emerged from the entrance. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

From this distance, she was barely more than a silhouette in the shadows of the porch. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her neck, bruised and scarred from the iron brace around it, could barely hold her head up any longer. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, barely able to get the word out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Carlos punches, but his fist barely hits Snap’s shoulder. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

If he sits at the right angle and cranes his head back, he can barely see. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I think about going to the lake, but I’m so weak that I barely make it to my meeting place with Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Something is wrong, very wrong, when a single person in good health, a person who in addition possesses a working car, can barely support herself by the sweat of her brow. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The portal was barely high enough for the animals to pass through. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her grip, barely, as it jolted to a stop, but other desks around it were moving, and the cabinet above started to tilt. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In education, health, income, every aspect of life, blacks were barely at a subsistence level while whites had the highest standards in the world — and aimed to keep it that way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then you would barely be able to see a difference between my spots and the rest of me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“She works in the garden, sir,” I said, the words barely audible, and the word garden hardly coming out at all. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes after starting out, I finally haul myself onto the outcrop on the other side, completely spent, so wasted I can barely raise my arms. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won't,” she said, though she could barely contain her rage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Thomas barely heard him, shocked by how much bigger it was up close. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The headset barely fits around his bush of hair. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He swatted at his eyes and snarled in rage, a guttural sound that was barely human. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Please keep her safe,” he says, his voice barely a scratch. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He does as they do, sitting on a folding chair, a cotton cap on his head, applying sunblock at intervals to his arms, reading, falling asleep after barely a page. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I stood there on the stage floor in front of the risers, I could barely make out the familiar features of my parents in the center of the second row of chairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bullet barely grazed the side of his head. He will be fully conscious soon. We must hurry.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry barely understood half of what Professor McGonagall said to them these days; even Hermione had had to ask her to repeat instructions once or twice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had been home barely a week when one of my friends burst into class one day and announced that I’d won another prize. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s totally different. You barely know that woman.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Only then did I recognize her, though just barely, from the photograph Miss Peregrine had shown me of herself as a young girl. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As they entered the second tower, a figure emerged from the shadows, and Nina barely stifled a scream. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I looked in my bag and there was barely anything left of the bread and oranges. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I could barely pronounce Khokar myself until I was at least eight. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I can barely stand to look at their faces anymore. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I keep having to drop my head and tear the rucksack free of stuff so I can barely look ahead enough to follow her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My palms are itching but I barely feel it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The crowd responds with its token applause, but he's confused and tries to give Effie Trinket a big hug, which she barely manages to fend off. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“But I could barely see anything. I had to use the flashlight on my phone. See?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I try to stand up too, and my knee barely cooperates. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could just barely stand up to my full height without scraping the ceiling. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Players rolled their bowl—a heavy ball you could just barely hold in one hand—so that it ended up as close as possible to a smaller white ball, called the jack. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Tessie expected Desdemona to react with shock or outrage, but to her surprise my grandmother barely seemed to register the confession. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He had thought he knew Dumbledore quite well, but ever since reading this obituary he had been forced to recognize that he had barely known him at all. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He could barely breathe as Cas tilted the bag and said, “The gun is gone.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The princess nodded, barely a dip of her chin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"You'd be eyeballing the intercept and using a thrust vector you can barely control." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m barely certain that we have enough space for all the rest of the things we’ve gathered. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We huddle in the darkest corner, where we can barely even see each other. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She barely has enough to feed her own children. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Matthias barely had time to bid Cornflower a hasty goodbye before he was ushered off to the Abbot’s room for an early-morning conference. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The press secretary shrugged with barely concealed rudeness. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Luke barely moved, only his head fell back against the seat as he sighed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A pair of Peacekeepers runs by, barely glancing at the whimpering Capitol girl huddled in a doorway. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Finn would pull Petey into his arms, and he would kiss her until they were both so dazed they could barely walk. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Michael swam like a fish while I barely stayed afloat. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Survived by her father, stepmother, and two stepbrothers who barely knew her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He wears the superior scowl of someone who can barely hide his feelings of inferiority. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She was tired, but the sun had barely set. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Inside, sunlight spilled through windows set high in walls so tall that Kaede could barely make out the ceiling far above. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Inside, there was barely enough room for three people to sit around the table — which was lucky because only three people lived there. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely hear any of their words anymore because my heart is beating so loud in my ears. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She barely came to Polly’s shoulder, but she carried herself with the dignity of a giant. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why go to the trouble of putting it in that small garage that barely had room for the one vehicle? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Rose curled around me, but I could barely feel her. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Surely money played a role in the decision Pollard would make; he was barely able to feed his children. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only similarity between the rest of the town and the church is the small windows covered with iron bars, but the shambler proofing is barely noticeable on such an impressive building. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He stumbles forward on his heels, barely able to walk. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and I skip out, barely resisting the urge to give Mrs. Newman a hug. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Ashamed of me and my indifference to him, afraid to let his parents see the way I barely tolerated their strange son. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Powell’s strength surprised Robinson—he could barely hold on to him as Powell went for Seward again. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He delivers a heart-wrenching speech, so distraught he can barely contain himself. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I know it’s crazy that the kid in Oklahoma on welfare who barely spoke English at first used to be a prince. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The thought had barely formed in his mind before a bolt of white light shot past him and slammed into the chest of a woman standing in the group by the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I barely cleared my throat. Just warmed them up for you. Go knock them dead.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She barely listened when I tried to tell her what happened, just shook her head and said she couldn’t believe I got put out of school. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

By the time I finally get to my front door, I can barely stand. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My mom was so scattered, just barely getting to her house showings on time, always rummaging around in cabinets and closets for something she couldn’t find. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Much of the park was still barren land, and the biggest building, Manufactures and Liberal Arts, was barely under way. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The sky was barely getting light and the birds just beginning to wake up and sing when I tiptoed downstairs in my Sunday suit and my new linen duster. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But Jimmy was sitting on the couch with his arm over his eyes, barely listening. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I scream, but I can barely hear my own voice above all the noise. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The two Poe books were the smallest ones and barely added to the bulk, so she left them in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Other than the coolness of the fabric on her skin, she could barely tell she was wearing anything at all. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was swinging wildly as strong winds buffeted the gas bag, and the witches pulling the rope were barely managing to hold it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As the ground flattened, a huge stone precipice rose up ahead of him, just barely visible in the moonlight. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Consisting of a table and barely room to seat six, it ranked low in gravity priority. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you know, clearing Luce’s stuff out. God, she was a pack rat. You can barely open her drawers. You know, I found your grandmother’s wedding veil. I’ve been looking for that thing for ages.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And in barely a whisper: “How about this?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My mother barely greeted me, and though it was a Saturday, my father was gone. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I may have been a catalyst for rebellion, but a leader should be someone with conviction, and I’m barely a convert myself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s pulling down the caves,” Wielaf said, his voice barely above a whisper. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

What bothered him more was that, without the hydroponics idea to keep him busy, Dad barely left the farm for the rest of the winter. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or my mother, who is so frail, she can barely care for herself? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so deep that his feet barely touched the bottom, and he actually did a couple of lengths before swimming back to the side and treading water, staring at the egg. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was hard to shop for someone I barely knew, even if it was my own grandmother. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I barely talked to Calista the whole way home from school that day. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The voice is barely a whisper, but through the speakers it sounds broken and startling, so crackly that I have trouble understanding him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Calvin walked with Meg, his fingers barely touching her arm in a protective gesture. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped back and peered up at the ospreys, whose heads were barely visible over the scraggle of the nest. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this door was open just a crack and barely lit. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mama was whispering; I could barely make out the words “there are many full gas cylinders lying around in the factory.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely see her for the dense limbs, but I do see the parent goshawks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the only water I saw flowed in streams so tiny they barely wet my feet. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ma wondered how the silver goldfish could remain calm in the bowl, while she herself felt she could barely breathe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back and forth between these two busters, shaking my head, making like I was barely listening anymore even though I was. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We have to go through the palace, don’t we?” she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her face was barely an inch from the surface. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Though just barely substantial enough to support body weight, the rime was plastered over the rock to a thickness of two or three feet, so I kept plugging upward. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old metal gates hanging off the hinges were gone, and the headstones were barely visible through the thick tangles of weeds that had claimed the plot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She barely had time to dart behind the statue before she heard footsteps. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

All the T-shirts in my pile barely hit my waist. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I can barely get to your class most days.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He lifts a hand, and I barely feel it when his fingers brush the skin near my wound. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But the vehicles barely had time to get cold, because the workers were there now from sunup to sundown. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Papa had left just before Purim, which was normally Mama’s favorite holiday, but she had barely acknowledged it that year. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But the guards on the stage—the ones closest to the smoke bombs—just stumbled about, barely even managing to hold on to the Gustano kids. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The sea presents a barely audible wash on the other side. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Alex could barely make them out, but he knew who they were. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

In detecting the cosmic background radiation, in counting quasars, in searching for intelligent signals from space, radio astronomers are dealing with amounts of energy that are barely there at all. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the cake, barely visible underneath a thin layer of crumbs, was a fist-size piece of paper. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The food the UN brought to Pinyudu was barely enough to live on. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore, though tall himself, had barely to bend to kiss it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I grab the end of a bundle, but it’s so heavy I can barely inch it up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It was so faded, I could barely tell what was what, other than the obvious two people. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My arms are so weak, I can barely pull on the starter rope, but the old outboard fires right up anyhow. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Brian could barely look Noah in the eye at Mom’s funeral. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I shower in the dark, barely able to tell soap from conditioner, and tell myself that I will emerge new and strong, that the water will heal me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look into their beaming faces: Chou is barely able to suppress a laugh, Geak looks at me in confusion, and Ma is crying. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time passed too slowly and too quickly; Ralph and Helen and Theresa could not wait to move and yet had barely grasped that they were going to, when they had. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

With hats so tall I can barely see up front. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I can barely understand him because he speaks so quietly and he’s looking at Kaori again. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Their French is barely adequate and they seem more interested in their questions than his answers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

One day, last year—at a different high school—I was sitting in math class and this guy I barely knew wouldn’t stop staring at me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of June, we all come down with lice, every last one of us, even Nettie, who has barely four hairs on her head. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I can barely even walk in the thing. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

His thin lips barely moved as he talked. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The barge that was now moored by the Hatchery must have barely fit beneath. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He barely glanced up from his volume as he asked: 'Your father feeling better now, Stevens?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Doc’s birthday party had barely time to get inside the laboratory and wedge the broken door closed and turn out the lights before the police car cruised up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never should have had him try on heavy armor when he is barely well. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I look at Ms. Ofrah, but I can barely see her for all the tears. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Two kids with barely functioning lungs walking two miles one-way to go look at lights? Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Her eyes barely opened, and she didn’t lift her head from where she was, facedown on the boat’s floor. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember, I have to hear this upstairs. I can barely hear it standing right next to you.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I barely looked at it when Ms. Finch placed it on my desk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The prices of clothing, for example, have barely risen in the last decade, while department store prices in general fell 10 percent from 1994 to 2004, the federal government says. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the priest chanted the Latin prayers, whose meaning I barely understood, I knelt by his side and knew that God had taken away the one person I could claim as my own. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jemmy looked up and barely made out a long, bony face with hollow cheeks and a nose like a meat cleaver. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I can barely stay awake,” Metias had told me after his first night shift. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It sometimes worked at superstores and giant chains where bored teenaged employees barely paid attention. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If an indentured worker chose to stay past his or her contract and settle, the worker was slapped with an annual tax, which was a heavy burden for Indians, who barely survived on their wages. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I took my seat, nervously, my feet barely touching the floor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I wore it to greet my father that evening, but he barely seemed to notice. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad barely said anything and I barely ate anything. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He’s dodging people left and right, and I can barely hear him go on about how there was room for Jack and Rose on that floating door or how they could’ve at least taken turns. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Felicia is sullen and envious and barely speaks to her sister. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had traveled for more than six days when we came in contact with a very old man who could barely walk. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I could barely breathe with the wind whisking up and around my nose. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Luke barely spoke to Toby on the way to school, staring out the window and trying to quiet the howling anger inside him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It looked like the handyman had been on vacation for the past couple centuries, and the threadbare, watery pink carpet leading to the office was barely hanging on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The French were barely able to sustain trading posts in the St. Lawrence and didn’t even try to plant their flag in pre-epidemic New England. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In my new darkness, Dakari’s voice is barely audible, but I hear the emotion in it, the want. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She was pink in the face, barely able to contain herself. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We’re familiar with the script: “Please and thank you,” Rebecca says, her voice barely audible. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s barely 4:30 a.m. when she grabs a cup of coffee and joins more than two dozen colleagues, each settling into a cubicle with a computer and earphones. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tobias stands just inside a door on the left side of the room that I barely noticed the last time I was here. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was different from the meadow copses they had left: a narrow belt of trees, four or five hundred yards long but barely fifty wide; a kind of windbreak common on the downs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t think straight, couldn’t slow her heart, could barely breathe. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She could barely catch her breath to tell us. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Toby barely said a word to Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I scan the protestors for another glimpse of David, but I can barely see past the fence. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Harry and Malfoy barely inclined their heads, not taking their eyes off each other. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I’m so focused on the detective I barely even hear her. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron barely had time to exchange mystified looks before she was dashing back, an enormous old book in her arms. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She does the turtle head jerk again—just barely but I see it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twirl barely out of their reach before I make a beeline for the exit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

By refusing to work in the prison’s basket-weaving shop, Osborne got himself sentenced to a night in the “jail”—a barely lit room between Auburn’s Death Row and its generator that contained eight metal cells. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mestizos can barely disguise their prejudice; the indi'genas can barely suppress their resentment. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s barely after dusk, but already I can see more stars than I’ve ever seen in my life, blanketing the sky in a sheet of light. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You’d almost think it was real, Isidore observed as he headed back to the Van Ness Pet Hospital—that carefully misnamed little enterprise which barely existed in the tough, competitive field of false-animal repair. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fall had barely touched the full splendor of the trees, and during the height of the day the sun briefly regained its summertime power. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy didn’t speak, but he crawled slowly out of the hammock, barely rocking it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Candice was still getting used to her mom’s small afro—it had barely been a month since her mother had cut off all her hair in order to go natural. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We’ve barely walked a half kilometer from the park’s entrance, but I sit down on the ground next to him, pull out my water bottle, and drink like we’ve hiked all day. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We had barely exchanged greetings when the orderly brought in my breakfast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at last she could make it out, for the black Roman numerals were just barely visible against their white ground, the brass hands glowed faintly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had barely settled in when the government came looking for Elizebeth again. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He could barely change the batteries in a TV remote. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The night came but was barely distinguishable from the day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I knew that, barely visible in the sky at this time, was a newly discovered comet called Arend-Roland. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hands the bottle to Marco without looking at it or him, barely registering the action. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“We tried,” Dad finally said, his voice barely above a whisper. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“All right,” I say, but my voice is hoarse, so the words barely escape. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After five months of growing barely enough to feed itself, the family gave up and went to stay with relatives who had moved to Khartoum. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She stopped trying to talk and took a handkerchief from her purse, barely touching each nostril before putting it away. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Altogether, the place was barely larger than her own room had been in the clan compound. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I know that dismissing me was the only thing she could do, but even so, I can barely stand it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Fiper could barely hold it together, but she had to concentrate. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He could barely restrain himself from sharing the secret of Gupta’s hunt. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was awake but struggling, barely able to lift her head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now so dizzy he could barely stand, he was about to ask the first person he encountered for help when he literally bumped into his superior, the lieutenant in charge of the firehouse. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Half buried in rubble, Harry tried to raise himself: He could barely breathe or see for dust. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The pilot flared the plane out so that when it came down to the lake it seemed to be barely moving. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

My hands are shaking so badly that I can barely dial the numbers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I barely noticed my brother’s plea for forgiveness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Their father had left when the twins were barely home from the hospital. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Now the world is moving on, and yet my own heart has barely resumed beating. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’m propped up to sit there now, on the floor, barely conscious, holding my head in my hands. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

By the time we reach one of Drake’s outer streets and I climb into the backseat of our waiting military jeep, Metias can barely contain his anger. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Celaena’s right leg could barely support her, but she gritted her teeth and rose. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Driving back into remote corners of the woods where there were barely roads, we would come upon twenty-five beehives up on slats like a little lost city tucked back in there. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shirley’s talking so much she’s barely eating, and I’m thinking how cold her eggs, bacon, and cheesy grits are going to be. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Looks like you barely know more than I do,” he said, but he knew it wasn’t true. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Harry felt as though he had barely lain down to sleep in . Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could barely make out her face because of all the soot on it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The canoe was barely concealed at all, and yet it had been invisible a moment before. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

If they only knew that on the inside I am just barely keeping it together. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nailer could barely speak through his chattering teeth. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It cost thousands of dollars, and his father barely made enough to pay for rent and food. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She paused and looked at her reflection in those mirrors, and she could barely recognize herself. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fell forward, barely catching myself on the snow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She glanced at Ash in mid-sentence and Ash quickly looked away, feeling overwhelmed by it all: Kaisa, the hunters, the banquet hall, the King and Queen, barely twenty feet away from her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The orbs hanging off the trees barely hummed, and the music played softly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There were girls barely able to toddle carrying infant slaves tied in slings to their backs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls up her sleeve, and I can see a barely perceptible line where artificial meets real skin. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Frowning, she ran her fingers over the surface, found that she had barely scratched it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“What? No! I mean...I’d never ask you to do that. Not after what Nemesis said about the horrible cost. We barely know each other!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mark barely has time to notice this before Alec throws his body forward and tackles Boss, the two of them slamming into the glass of the large window. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The wind is picking up in Jankburg, and I can barely hear her. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t answer when spoken to; in fact, he seemed barely present. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Above the sudden din of the crowd, I barely hear the Augur’s panting whisper. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He felt awkward, depending on an eighth-grade girl he barely knew for comfort, but he was glad she was there. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The police barely had time to dive for cover before their vehicles exploded. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He barely looks old enough to be a doctor. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was made of dirty stone, with only one lone window, and just barely visible in the window was what looked like a birdcage. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Elliot Head, on the previous night, had barely covered his costs. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I dip my hands into one of the indentations in the rock, scooping up water, but I barely get any; the pool is not deep enough. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I told him I find it difficult enough talking to people I know about this stuff— I can barely even talk to him about it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But portly and overfed though she was from living in the comfort of a zoo, even so she tipped the scales at barely 110 pounds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, the morning rays were barely touching the tips of the sandstone mesas. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He closed in until there was barely a paper’s width of space between their noses. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She barely noticed the hills give way to the dusty plain, or the lights of Mtoroshanga as they approached. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she could barely remember the pain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I barely slept for two weeks: every moment my eyes were open, I was either reading or thinking about those texts. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Master came out with his moist wrapper barely tied around his waist, his chest covered in lustrous wet hair. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No. In Tarbean at least I could beg or steal. I’d managed to survive in the forest for a summer, barely. But over the winter?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The man had barely taken it when Mark heard a click and Alec was shooting into the sky, his device pulling him up the rope, toward the hovering Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I think upon this when I view the activity of our enemy, so close across the bay that we might hail them with barely a raising of the voice. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The Industrial Revolution was driven in large part by developments in chemistry, and yet as an organized science chemistry barely existed for decades. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

My legs are long, but I’m barely able to keep up. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Except these lights were yellow and barely working. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t speak to her after that, I could barely look at her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed men who could barely walk for their blisters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He’d barely moved—just the slightest twitch swimming across his tormented face—but the sound had unmistakably come from him. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

There was the entire Incan court, as naked as God had put them on this earth, or barely clad in theatrical costumes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His knees trembled, and he could barely keep his teeth from chattering. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Why do their jaws barely open when they talk? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Thialfi ran as he had never run before, but he watched Hugi pull ahead and reach the finish line when he was barely halfway there. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was only later that I saw how rheumatic Uncle’s hands were, when he could sometimes barely grip his chopsticks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had obtained a First Class pass, barely missing the highest honour, Distinction. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, there’s barely enough milk for both of us, so I mix some faucet water in the jug when Charlie’s not looking and shake it up real good. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They are barely more than stick figures, but you can tell they are my Liars. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Somewhere distant, there was a faint crackling sound, but he barely heard it over the roaring in his ears. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“We barely got out of port, and even then they were after us, chasing us all day and all night. “When the storm came, we didn’t have any choice. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He barely registered the change when they turned off the TV and started playing pool. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The panic was only barely contained; I had no strength left to control the anger. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sheriff barely looked at me afore he dropped his nose back in the newspaper. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

At the laundry Moon Orchid hovered so close that there was barely room between her and the hot presses. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was barely conscious of Jem and Atticus at the table. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was a small force, barely two hundred demigods, but they were well trained and well organized. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“But, Papa, what about you? You’re not even well yet. Mama says you can barely walk on that leg.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Even though Luxa had flattened herself on the bat’s back, Aurora barely managed to pull out of the maneuver without scraping her off on the ceiling. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her toe had barely crossed the threshold when she heard a boom behind her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Trans-lunar injection meant firing the Saturn V’s engine for the final time, putting us on a course which would barely miss the moon three days later. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Captain Johnson sat down on the chair in front of Bull Meecham’s desk, his head seemed barely to peer over the C.O.’s desk. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tops of the trees are barely visible, only a sliver of moon to light their edges. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

By the end, I can barely move, and my sister, seeing this, does the bathrooms with me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Her voice was barely a whisper when she said, “You told me you wouldn’t touch me.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was dark in the car, no light had come on with the opening of the door, and I could barely see his face in the glow from the dashboard. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jinx barely had time to stuff his wad of money into his overalls and crawl inside before the front door opened. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

You’re supposed to buy a lot, like for your family in Ohio that barely knows you and whatnot. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Harry could tell he was trying to sound disdainful, as though what Moody was saying was barely worth his notice, but his hands gave him away; they had balled themselves into fists. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Alec,” he whispered, barely hearing his own voice over their heaving breathing and footsteps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Which is pretty hard to do when you have lungs that barely work. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“What’s hurt you, Bill?” he asked, his voice barely audible, for he was pretty sure he knew. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a faint, barely perceptible movement of the water as the fresh flow from one end urged its way toward the drain at the other. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The twins keep asking me chatty questions about music and movies and Ben, but I can barely form words. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s barely born. It needs time to get used to things.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve barely been able to live with myself for surviving something my family didn’t—something that wasn’t even my fault. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her voice grew softer and softer until it was barely louder than a sigh. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The light coming through the front window is enough so I can just barely read the words. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“You may have rich parents with a fancy education,” he said, pointing to Felix, “but you’re just a loser who can barely read.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

We filled our entire car full of green grapes-—the trunk, even the glove compartment, and Dad piled stacks in our laps so high we could barely see over the top. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“With a cactus on her forehead, and she can barely speak Spanish. This country is ruining your children, sister.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Though I barely move, my eyes flick everywhere. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were less than thirty minutes from the edge of the city, and barely forty-five from the heart of things. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Noah, like always around Brian, can barely keep his head on his neck, he’s so happy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But the mound builders in Louisiana built these massive constructions at a time when agriculture was barely under way—it was like the whiff in the air from a faraway ocean. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

By the end of our first day in space, the earth barely filled one small window. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hovered inside the wide interest of these people they barely knew. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her sideways, barely raising my head from the back of the couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“We’ve found the entrance,” Sticky told her, pointing to a barely detectable outline in the stone. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Amari cringed when she saw who had entered, the barely healed lashes on her back suddenly aching, but Clay did not even look at her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lincoln can clearly see that Richmond—or what’s left of it— barely resembles the refined city it was. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In barely audible Spanish, as if secret microphones or informers were all about, he whispered to his wife, "You will permit her to read that?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The sun had barely broken over the trees as she pulled Zvezda back to the barn by his horns for the third time. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Her face, as she watched, was full of pain and fear, of tension barely supported, and of pity that could scarcely have been expressed had she filled all the world with her weeping. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“You’re barely in the house and I’m crying already, Amir jan,” she said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Uneducated and barely able to speak English, he was terribly poor, and the family was on public assistance much of the time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Arise”—she barely swallowed a giggle—“arise, king of Terabithia, and let us proceed into our kingdom.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The lights of the first part of the room barely touched it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the start of the summer he could barely swim. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“A grim mood has gripped the country,” the opponent had concluded, barely concealing his own broad grin. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Just barely leaving the cab door open, she walked briskly and obliviously, like visiting Hollywood royalty, into the building. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

For the next week, I barely leave my bed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She barely made it to the bathroom before the first tears started leaking out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A group of girls she barely knew sprawled near her on the grass. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She gave her vanilla cone a lick, but barely tasted it. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Inej tried to sit up, but could barely lift her head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Layla barely took a breath before she launched into more reasons why Mackenzie was the “antichrist in eyeliner.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The pain is sharp and searing, coursing through his entire body, and he is barely able to keep his knees from buckling beneath him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

An hour is barely enough time to walk there, sign up for a card and pick out books, and then walk back. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My hair barely touched my shoulders, though part of that was how it curled away at the ends. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She listed all the ways I had messed up, starting with the way I had left school and had barely kept in touch. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Her body was white and smooth, but it aroused no desire in him; indeed, he barely looked at it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Mom said if you ever spit at me again, she’ll—” “I didn’t spit at you,” Zane replied, barely lifting his eyes from his book. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It barely rippled the water and when they reached Ida’s boat they could still make out the Conte’s sails. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely taste any of the booze on the way down. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My breathing’s open, flowing, and I barely feel my feet touching down. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

There on the other side of the river, dreams barely flicker, like the last gleaming of the day’s sun. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm barely out of bed and haven't had breakfast," she whines. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s better than hunting them down in the jungle, anyway. And I doubt they’ll figure out our plan, since we can barely understand it ourselves.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely see him leaning over his dog, trying to fix something on its collar. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Potts barely talked to me, but I was always questioning him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He barely looked at it before handing it back. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As it went by, I was barely able to reach my left arm down and snag it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I threw your girl in the ice moat,” Inej snarled, barely recognizing her own voice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Esther was so tiny, she could barely see over the steering wheel; but that didn’t seem to bother her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Actually, Vera had barely graduated from Norman Thomas High School and hadn’t set foot in a building of higher education since. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mother can barely stifle a laugh, and I stare straight ahead. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Was I ready to share that with a boy I barely knew? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’m so energized that I barely feel the cold. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The sun is barely starting to shine in the sky, and there’s an orange-pink glow down Main Street. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

So I just lay there and lay there and lay there and I had barely closed my eyes when the doorbell rang this morning. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The hole was barely big enough for her body, she heard the soft swish as the sharp glass rim sliced through the silks she trailed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Normally she would have noticed that Chess had barely eaten two bites and that Finn had licked all the syrup off his second piece of French toast but not actually bitten into it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We barely had time to string up some canvas over the mules before the storm hit. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The airlock barely moved, leaving AL102 to take the full force of the tempest. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the Incident at the Mess and since they got wind of the Instagram Live video, they’ve barely spoken to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The smell of cows is thick, the wind is just barely warm, and the clouds are white trimmed with gold. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” I say, my own Noise raging so loud I can barely hear myself think, which is something I’m about to regret, you watch. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When she spoke, her voice was barely a whisper. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He barely looks at me, scowls at the back wall instead. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had barely stood up, however, when a door opened and Hagrid squeezed through it, his face covered in mud and blood, limping a little but miraculously alive. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Within four days of running out of food, he'll barely be able to stand up, let alone control a rover. Plus, his mental faculties will rapidly decline. He'd have a hard time even staying awake." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until I can barely see his shaved head bobbing up and down above the water’s surface. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward—she was a small girl, barely five feet—and cupped a hand to my ear. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Uncle Chester’s bed linens were fit for rags and barely that. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Castleman peered through round tortoiseshell spectacles over the glass case containing the breads and pastries, her gaze just barely skimming the top. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The nail on her pinkie just barely touched the wound behind his ear. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Moms, who’d been so depressed she barely got out of bed, came marching into me and Diego’s room and said: “You guys be ready in ten minutes, okay?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

From my vantage point, I could barely make out the individual faces of the performers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Slowly his eyes tinned toward the gate, barely visible in the shadows of the wall. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The night had barely ended; the first streaks of dawn rose above the glade. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her long hair hangs over her face and she can barely stand up straight. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

You're thinking, yeah right, the goon is barely out of seventh grade, who does he think he is? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Until this point I had barely spoken a dozen words, responding to most of their tentative questions with grim silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was stuck against it for a moment, and Ivan slammed into the back of her, which knocked her loose, and she barely managed to keep ahold of his arm as she started moving again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She could barely imagine having a baby, let alone giving one away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The words had barely left Piper’s mouth when an arrow sank into the mainmast, six inches from her face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Just the three of y’all?” asks the host, resting his hand on my shoulder for barely a second, but it’s enough to make my stomach flutter. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I pick up Garrett in my arms, and although I barely have the strength to hold up my own weight, I bear his as well, as we make our way toward the campsite. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the first Democratic primary in New Hampshire, the president barely squeaked past Eugene McCarthy, an antiwar senator who had not been expected to pose a serious challenge. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The last time he was stopped here, he jumped down, grabbed two fistfuls of rocks, and barely eluded capture. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I can barely keep my eyes open, so the I’m-too-tired-to-talk routine is 100 percent believable. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The arras that hid my father and Claudius barely stirred. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Well, that was easy, really — “Quidditch,” he said dully, “and a fat lot of help —” “That’s right,” said Moody, staring at him very hard, his magical eye barely moving at all. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We shoot air rifles at paper stars and barely get two of the legs off. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Instead, it snapped at him, barely missing his finger. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Not only did she barely speak the language, but she'd also never spent much time outside of Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was dark enough now that I couldn’t see his face clearly, but the tone of his voice oozed barely controlled anger. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mom barely slows the car as she turns into the driveway and comes within inches of the fence. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mama Joe’s shed in Ogige market just barely fit the high stool where she sat and the smaller stool in front of her. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When they arrived for dinner on Monday, I could barely face Gay. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As we stepped out of it, I could barely see through my sweaty, fogged visor. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile absentmindedly when he tells me hello, and I stumble through my shift, barely paying attention, which is a good way to lose a hand. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Another coincidence,” she said, her voice barely audible. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely hear them over the bamming of my heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d punched me as hard as he could in front of everyone, and I could barely see straight from the pain and the humiliation. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And the dad, who barely spoke English, would say, “The what?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I barely have time to squeal before my skinny thighs settle on a pair of massive shoulders. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The staff has barely finished packing up the Christmas trees when it starts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His voice was barely audible, something less than a whisper. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And then I go for it, risking my worst talent with an improvised, final zinger: “It’s a tough thing to have a mom with a stomach ailment, when you barely have a dad at all.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Since they’d started the job, Finn and Miguel had replaced more than a dozen fence posts, spliced hundreds of yards of wire, and still it was as if they’d barely begun. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The witch was standing over her, looking so pleased with herself, looking as if Hazel should be pleased, too, and Hazel could barely breathe for all the coldness coming from her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In her mind she was back on the path, heading north, and now she realized there had been something tugging at her, so gently it was barely a whisper. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes down as she served him his bread and ale, barely daring even to breathe the same air, she who was too stupid to be a midwife’s apprentice. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with a shortcut along the lakeside, I'm running just barely in front of the sirens and won't have a chance to widen the gap before I reach my family's house. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the poor woman barely knew her name. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the captain gently drew it from her fingers and as he took it down the hall, she felt its pull on her growing weaker and weaker, until she could barely feel it at all. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, my mama had to work extra for her family. They’re having a big to-do party tonight and you know white folks can’t barely do for themselves,” he says, laughing to himself. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She barely greeted her mother at the door. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

We’d barely made it out of the Tokyo Dome when the first enormous broadcasts appear on the sides of the buildings surrounding the arena, the headlines in giant, screaming letters. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stared ahead of him, barely noticing what was going on around him, and did not realize that Hermione had appeared out of the crowd until she drew up a chair beside him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And how can I be free when my mind is all worried about Papi and my whole self is so sad, I can barely get up some mornings? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Luke could barely speak for the panic welling inside him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her stepmother’s words washed over her; Ash barely heard them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I will make sure everyone knows the Houston rally was your idea,” his mother says, barely paying attention, as she goes over her speech on the plane to Texas. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I can barely drive to new places alone, or talk to strangers, or walk into art galleries without someone practically holding my hand. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was barely room for all four of us up on the log. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We fell all over ourselves and couldn’t barely stand up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I always lie and tell them how great he was, even though I barely know. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The woman looks down blankly at Geak, who barely reaches Mas thigh and puts two scoops of rice and two fish into Ma s bowl and one of each in Geak’s bowl. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when I see the second cousins and great aunts and uncles whose names I barely recognize. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny Miriam Mann’s head was barely visible over the shoulders of the crowd. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

With all she had to do for the newspaper—not to mention her other schoolwork—Cara was barely able to find time each week to write her own editorial. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Uriah and I jog to catch up to the members, along with the other initiates, who barely look in my direction. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You barely make me go to the mosque, except for religious holidays or weddings.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

His voice sounds small, threaded into a wire, barely recognizable through the holes of the receiver. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at her and shook my head, barely able to speak through my tears. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour lay in her bed, her eyes closed, the covers barely moving. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having spared no expense on the quality of paper and engraving, she barely recovered the costs of the first printing. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed she had barely closed her eyes when she felt Poppy’s hard little heels banging against her shins. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lower my voice to barely a whisper. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was barely through it when his mother turned her head and barked, “Mikhail, you’d better be sneaking away so you can set another place for her!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His companion had shifted his grip and now had one arm across Tree-ear’s throat, throttling him so he could barely breathe. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I barely understood half the lines in Paradise Lost, but I'd learned astronomy. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With some bitterness, I replied, “The evening star is barely abed.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“She is mine, and she will love me,” the man said, deep voice barely audible over the wind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even the girl who sells him tea barely registers him, turning quickly to her next customer. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She could barely contain her nervous anticipation, with images of neatly cobbled streets surrounded by safe stone walls dancing in her head. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paring knife she uses is worn so thin its blade is barely more than a crescent moon sliver. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I do, Max barely moves the planks, in case of noise. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I barely knew the kid, hut we were the only two in the courtyard at that moment, and I had to, so to speak, touch the stove that I knew was hot. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I can barely sit still for it, especially with all this religious talk. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The window was so high that I could barely hear the sound of traffic below . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely not, he thought; though he could barely move, jacketed as he was to his seat by the wind. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dining room is a mess and so is the kitchen, but I barely notice because my thoughts are absorbed with Bo and my first kiss. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At the luncheon I could barely swallow more than a soda. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then you would barely be able to see a difference between my spots and the rest of me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The words were barely out of his mouth when she dove on top of him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Stella barely heard him—she’d already moved to the rear of his wagon, standing on tippy-toes to better eye the treasures that he kept back there. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Asheville is the last safe haven in the East,” the man replied, his words barely perceptible now, nothing but dry, faint rasps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I ate my mango, but my tongue felt numb and I could barely taste it this time. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My real name is Katniss, but when I first told him, I had barely whispered it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I rolled away, the pain from the kick barely registering because I still couldn’t draw air. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

We sail in silence waiting...waiting—then suddenly the whale, wrapped by the clinging body of the squid, does a full breach, barely fifty yards to starboard. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The wild oats had headed out barely six inches above the ground, as though with knowledge that if they didn’t make seed quickly they wouldn’t get to seed at all. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The piece of cloth barely covered my body, and I kept trying to make it longer and pull it close around me, but it wouldn’t stretch. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barely even talks to me or looks my way. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I barely recognize you,” Dina said drily when Molly emerged from her bedroom in it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Already the writing upon it, which at first was as clear as red flame, fadeth and is now only barely to be read. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t it just barely good enough to warrant my being given a chance?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can barely make it through the simplest merengue without bruising the dancers around him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My insides boil up and I barely restrain myself from slugging her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had wound her swing so high that her toes barely touched the ground. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was so weak she could barely get to the door to open it for her daughter, who took Leila to the emergency room at Cache Valley Specialty Hospital. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s a photo: blurry, out of focus, caught on a long-range lens, only barely recognizable. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were also stunted oaks, barely in leaf. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With one hand holding up my anaco, she uses the other to wind the faja over my rib cage, so tightly I can barely breathe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely wheeze in air, let alone speak. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the train and onshore, all eyes shifted from the leaders to the eight white blades barely visible out in the middle of the river. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Every time he’d stayed with her, her fridge had held barely anything more than an egg and half an avocado. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

King has his arm hooked around a lady in a tight black dress that barely covers her thighs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I went into the room, barely big enough to hold a desk and two chairs, and pushed the door to make sure it shut properly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We barely make it to the parking lot when I can’t hold it in any longer. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And then I realize that she's barely told me anything about him. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ruth stood on a box looking out of a porthole, counting seagulls and waves in a whisper that could barely be heard over the creaking of the hull. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve just decided on a hard kick to the groin when he slips behind me and grabs me by both arms, pressing against me so I can barely move my feet. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wilse hesitated a moment, his eyes on the plate of food, which he had barely touched during the last few minutes. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was glad to get out of the house, but the two of them barely spoke. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The security guard barely looked at the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mama says, squeezing me so tight, I can barely breathe. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Now, most of the books we receive are from Adarlan—books in a language I can barely understand. That’s also what I must learn while I’m here. There are so many things!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Fierce bands of love tightened around his chest until he could barely breathe. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longtime champion often lapsed into time pressure, barely making the control. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My dad barely spoke English, but walked into places as if he was returning to his castle. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I knew that. Everyone talks about it. I only barely remember him telling stories, though. Like when we were really little, he used to.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Although many thought you unworthy, I confess that I wished for you to wed Hamlet and become my daughter,” she said, her voice barely audible. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My arm rested next to Naomi’s, barely touching. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I wish I had a few dollars for a cup of hot chocolate, but I barely have enough to get back on the bus. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You barely got your own story to write.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Though he was sometimes forward and forceful with some of his neighbors, he mostly operated as if the town were just barely tolerating our presence. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but it’s barely enough time to prepare. I’m so excited for him. He deserves this after all the hard work.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Not to punish him, but because I can barely breathe. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Actually the three philoso-phies are barely distinguishable, and the social systems which they support are not distinguishable at all. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Finnick spots him about twenty yards out in the water, barely keeping afloat, and swims out to haul him in. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Your father's paychecks are not that big. We barely have enough for new underwear after he sends money to his mother every month." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could barely form his name on her lips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby pointed to a smoky white line in the distance, barely visible beyond the flames on the water. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She barely stopped herself from crumpling onto the street as the giant shadow creature dragged itself forward, towering over her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I had barely just gotten a work permit. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The first box held nothing but clothes, so filthy Alex could barely make himself touch them. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I could see fine off in the distance, but up close I flunked—just barely. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the overcrowded barracks, starving prisoners lay crammed together on the platforms, their eyes glazed over, their emaciated bodies barely able to move. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve come, I’m here, I almost didn’t make it,” she said, breathing so hard she could barely talk. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A throwing star cuts through the air, and I barely register the fact that it has grazed my arm. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And once they barely escaped from the middle of a hayfield when the hay was cutting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A frozen orange juice can came flying out of one of the windows and barely missed me. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas was so tired the word barely came out. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The morning was clear and bright, with a few thin, high clouds barely clinging to existence, accidental brush strokes on a blue canvas. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I barely have time to knock before the door flies open. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

From here, I can barely make out the inch or two of new blond hair on his head, but I know it’s there. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was all over, she would revert to her quietest and most cultured tone, speaking barely above a whisper. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carmine soon wants to crawl off the seat, and I am so busy trying to distract him from escaping that I barely notice as the other kids come on board and the car fills. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She can barely keep her eyes open, but she cannot sleep. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t move, not as she stared at those black eyes barely inches from her own, not as she saw her right hand held between its black teeth, her blood already oozing down its chin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But he barely looked up as she came in. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Josh Raymond barely clears the table, because his mother is small and her ex-husband is small, unlike my dad, who is a giant. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Redfern’s eyes barely even take in the rest of us before he bows deeply to Miss Duncan. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then Stan’s father had barely said hello and his mother was this really timid thing who’d passed around potato chips and acted like everything was cool. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She unhooked the chain and let him show himself in as she shucked off the red kefta, revealing a slip of satin so thin it barely counted as cloth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Last night I barely slept on the cold porch of the school, and before that I was on a soiled mattress in a fetid room with three other children. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I am so thirsty, I can barely swallow. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They barely cry, staying awake and alert, with matching pairs of wide blue eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There were two windows on the second floor and four on the first, which were barely visible through honeysuckle. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd was so loud and wild I could only barely make out Navid’s head a couple of feet away. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Booth is barely across the Potomac when David Herold approaches the bridge. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so dark I can barely see them, but when I stare at the huge, rusted supports holding the wheel in place, I see the rungs of a ladder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Their mother admonishes that the content of said tales may not be entirely appropriate for a pair of just barely thirteen-year-olds, but Mme. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Things went by so fast when you were in a car, you could barely look at anything before it was gone. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s easy. You barely know what’s happening when you’re under. It’s only when you resurface that you even know what you said. I went under when I was a kid. It’s pretty commonplace in Candor.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely hear the buzzer that indicates that my three minutes are up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My voice was barely more than a whisper. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I could barely see; it was almost dark now, and the streets swarmed in a green vagueness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After barely surviving the nymphaeum, he wanted to go back to the surface. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sefia opened it and crawled inside, closing the door behind her, shutting herself into a room barely bigger than a travel trunk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Even for geologists it barely rates a footnote. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Meme barely took notice of the journey through the formerly enchanted region. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I finished my story, I clumsily sat in my chair because I could barely stand straight. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It turned out she was wearing a brown housedress the exact color of her skin, and mistakes are easy to make at six a.m. when the sun is barely a blip in the sky. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The tip of Dumbledore’s long, crooked nose was barely an inch from Mrs. Norris’s fur. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Toby could barely hear what Luke was saying when Ms. Hildebran came to the door, but he knew the script well enough. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

This is a contradiction I can barely grasp. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stab a Tater Tot with my fork, and I can barely taste it when I pop it into my mouth. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Diana lived in Park Slope, a trendy neighborhood of cafes and shops, but I could barely leave the apartment. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I looked outside and could barely see them through the heavy snowfall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Schindler reaches the depot barely in time to yell Stern's name and pull him off the train just as it starts to move. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Where the Lottery was concerned, even people who could barely read and write seemed capable of intricate calculations and staggering feats of memory. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It turns around and slashes at me with the machete, barely missing my leg. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my eyes away from the barely breathing folk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But whatever keeps wages low—and I’m sure my comments have barely scratched the surface—the result is that many people earn far less than they need to live on. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma could call up a fuzzy image in her mind from those days: Mom’s eyes barely visible over the top of her laptop.... The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The silence that followed as they settled and unfolded their napkins would easily have been dispersed by Jack Tallis introducing some barely interesting topic while Betty went around with the beef. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But she was sure she understood now, watching the torrential rain that was barely visible in the darkness. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then the woman was attacking, slashing, stabbing, Archer just barely evading the seeking blade. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The evil smell made Matt’s eyes water, and he could barely focus on the dense yellow sludge on the bottom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words flew from my mouth in a savage, breathless chant that I barely recognized as my own. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the workshop, which he shared with Melquíades’ mad laboratory, he could barely be heard breathing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

With only seconds to spare, Bobby just barely made his fortieth move against Bronstein before his flag fell, which otherwise would have caused him to be forfeited. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So I barely spoke as we gathered in Adam's backyard and passed around a glass pipe. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The place already reeks like sunscreen and burning charcoal, even though it’s barely nine o’clock. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“That’s great,” I say, and barely make it to my room before the tears come. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, barely, wishing it would be over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She could barely see him now; the light was fading fast. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She dropped the loaf of bread at her feet and barely managed to keep a hold on the lantern. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He was trying so hard to avoid brushing her arm he could barely cut his chicken. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The voices that spoke were cheerless and sober and suggested a barely suppressed urgency. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She talked swiftly in English, which Miyax barely understood, and she was angry and upset. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Not at all. Actually this region takes its names from us, although people barely know it. It was a trading post back in the old days.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Up there on a branch, barely spitting distance away, little sparrows rested dry and warm, having food brought to them in the comfort of a nest built by their mother. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Now Matilde is a faint, faraway memory, so faint I can barely recall the features of her face. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Him: Today is our mom’s birthday, but Noah barely knew her. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She could barely go on without her husband. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate with stiff movements, like he was barely keeping himself from stuffing everything into his mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I barely got those words out of my mouth before I saw the answer to my question. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But Lily was talking about Seattle, a place Toby could barely picture, let alone care about the weather. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At one point all the chairs float some distance off the ground, and while the movement is steady and secure, Bailey’s toes barely graze the floor and he clutches the sides of his chair nervously. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That’s what he calls me, even though I’m barely a redhead. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

In the lineup room, the skeleton crew barely filled a single file. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His allowance barely made it possible for him to take her to the movies and for a Coke afterward. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just beyond my own shouts, I could barely hear John praying up a storm as she pointed the gun at him. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The trees were so thick above them that the down­ pour barely penetrated, but the foliage dripped and was cold on their shoulders. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I barely heard her all day, barely saw her. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Overnight Aureliano Segundo became the owner of land and livestock and he barely had time to enlarge his overflowing barns and pigpens. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He hit only meat and the hide was set hard and he barely got the knife in. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled around in the muddy snow and wet garbage, searching for the silver penny with fingers so numb with cold they would barely work. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The funeral home was barely two blocks away. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I could barely see his eyes through the glasses, but he looked annoyed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mark looks over at Trina—he can barely see her face in the dim glow from the flashlight that Alec is holding in front of them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But without the use of both hands, he could barely wind them, and so he oiled and observed as much as possible and anxiously compared the clocks with his railroad watch. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

L.V. was a trucker, but with the oil bust, jobs had become increasingly dif-ficult to find and he barely worked at all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything happens so fast that I can barely register all of it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Who’s there?” he said, his eyes still closed, his voice barely working. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The room, barely six by eight, featured a single- paned window in the shape of a face that swung out to a discreet view of my father’s exquisitely landscaped garden of cut stones and flowers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this is correct, Tisquantum had barely come home before being kidnapped again. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to answer her prayer—I was barely more than ten miles from the mountain—but I knew what unspoken pact I would be making as I walked through that door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But now she’s talking to him and I barely hear what she’s saying because the rush of blood has filled my ears. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely move, and I think I understand what shock feels like. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t need weapons because he is one, particularly when faced with a slave who barely comes up to his shoulder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They’d barely stepped off of it when squeals pierced the air and the slab of metal began to close. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t thank her, barely even glanced in her direction. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

All along, Enrique’s mother has written very little; she is barely literate and embarrassed by it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When we examine Titan through the telescope we see a barely perceptible reddish disk. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped away the sweat covering my face, and I had barely become aware of where I was and what I was doing when I heard the director of the home being called. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It feels like midafternoon when I wake up for good, but it’s barely eleven. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The hearing had barely started when the Commissioner adjourned the court, to the great surprise of the people who were present. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you thought I was your sister,” Max murmurs from the bed, his swollen eyes barely opening. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

El Jefe’s two-story concrete house sat on top of the mountain above a cluster of little palm huts that seemed to be barely holding on to the cliff. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely tell because now my vision is going spotty, as my brain misfires, shutting down piston by piston. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The demonstrations continue for hours but I’m barely paying attention. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

By the time I got to floor exercise, I was so tired I could barely feel my legs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Two days after the wreck and Reggie had barely left his room; hadn’t left the house at all. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Typhon stepped into the Hudson River and barely sank to midcalf. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Shirley barely recognized the woman who stepped into the taxi stuffed with suitcases stuffed with gifts. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ve barely spoken Oak’s name. He is just a means to an end, and that end is power. Power for you.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Both boys were barely settled before the door blew inward, cascading across the foyer floor in splinters as if obliterated by a stick of dynamite. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mother barely shakes her head when she leaves, staring off at the empty doorway. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They had barely turned around, however, when a little man swooped suddenly from under the table and came to a halt in midair before them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Three, four or five times a day there’s bound to be someone waiting outside the bathroom door, hopping impatiently from one foot to another, trying to hold it in and barely managing. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I’m barely used to my face without glasses anyway, and with the eyeliner, the overall impression is: EYES. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When we get to the park, we sit on swings and barely muster a sway. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When we left her house, the sun was burning high in the sky, and the air was so thick with humidity, we could barely breathe. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know nothing about me. I'm not some Zionist. I'm—I'm barely anything at all. And I don't have to be. I don't have to do any of this!" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When she was barely old enough to see over the windshield, Noah gave Christine driving lessons on quiet country roads. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It barely weighed anything at all, the sort of toy a little girl could carry everywhere. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Daylight is fading and the sky is turning purple, with barely a ribbon of orange on the horizon. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Ha ha, for what?! I barely did a thing. Just gave you a packet of premade info. Good thing I thought to make those for the schoolkids.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They chatter so continuously that I barely have to reply, which is good, since I don't feel very talkative. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was brown, the binding was unraveling slightly, and its etched title was barely visible. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even up close this thing moves so fast I can barely keep track of it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Fig lazily raised his head, aiming his barely opened eyes in my direction. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was strange how he could be so sure, because they barely took time even to tease him anymore. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

While the average American salary at that time was $5,500 annually, Bobby, who certainly didn’t consider himself average, had made barely $1,000 for a year’s work. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, she barely knew what she felt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I can barely make out that narrow window. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, the soldiers barely looked at me as I passed through an entryway crowned by statues of Mary and Jesus, plus other saints whose names I did not know. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the twenty minutes, after arguing for most of it, our group barely manages to complete our supply list. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A large woman, barely done tying her apron strings, goes running to the cabin John and Ann Laydon share with two other families. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Lou Epstein, the oldest, shortest, and baldest of the three Epstein brothers, barely looked up from the cash register when Alfred entered the store. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait, don’t tell me you signed up for Junior Agent? I mean, technically you’re a legacy kid, but barely.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was infinitesimal, barely visible, but there all the same. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

All he could do was barely keep on his feet by giving ground. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The punishment for making something barely edible was having to eat it yourself. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the sixth round, at which point Bobby had barely compiled an even score, that he was tested by one of the true greats of the game, David Bronstein of the Soviet Union. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The ancient inhabitation beneath and around the modern town has barely been investigated. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Looking over at him, I notice his flushed cheeks and rabbity eyes, his droopy brown mustache and bristly eyebrows, the stomach that protrudes from the bottom of his vest like a barely hidden balloon. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg entered his tiny workspace—“a cubbyhole,” he called it—barely big enough for a desk and chair, a bookcase, and two safes for classified files. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My uncle Daryl, who I barely knew, suggested that his brothers and sisters should spend an afternoon together at a favorite restaurant in Lava Hot Springs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was so enthralled that she barely tasted it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

These people were poor, with barely any clothes on their backs, but they were living everyday lives. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

You could just barely smell the perfume that had once been in there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He tried to run to meet her, but couldn’t, could barely keep his stride. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely hear it over the cries on the ship, and the smashing of waves against the carcass of the whale. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We used to take a boat—barely seaworthy—out to French’s Island, sit on the beach, and drink Moxie.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

In Pittsburgh, you can barely cross the street without passing a stadium or a football fan or a tailgate party. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Nevilles robes had barely whipped round the corner when they heard Filch enter the trophy room. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She wraps her arms around herself and hunches down, her eyes barely visible. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He could barely read or write and had been assigned to Captain Black as assistant intelligence officer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Molly follows her gaze to the Rorschach shapes of the apple trees, barely visible in the light from the house. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He killed me at the Scrabble board, barely concentrating, and on those occasions when speech was necessary he had a way of compressing large thoughts into small, cryptic packets of language. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hiding place was small, with hard wooden sides, barely big enough to fit the two of them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I barely hear her over the ceaseless beating of the drums, which are ordering all graduates to the armory to pick up our ceremonials— the armor of a full Mask. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Will could see the tightness around Gared's mouth, the barely suppressed anger in his eyes under the thick black hood of his cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I know what it’s like to be scared of what you can barely control. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It trembled and shook, as if she was fighting back tears, as if she could barely hold the rest of her face together. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Byrne comes and goes at odd hours, and I barely see him. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But here, now, she could barely even close her fingers. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We watched as Susie ran off, her feet barely touching the ground as she did. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She could just barely make it all out through the thicket of fog. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I can barely see it,” Fina says, squinting hard behind her glasses. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mutti barely glances at the leaflet, doesn't even think it over. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We barely have enough food to feed our residents. What are we going to do if a lot of outsiders come here?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I had barely seated myself when Father opened the door. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I barely know Gary, since I've only been hanging around Tiny again for about two weeks, but he seems like the normalest person Tiny has ever befriended. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Real terror gripped Koffi's voice as she stared upward too, her mouth barely moving. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Pasted inside the front cover, surrounded by an elaborately inscribed tree, Celia can barely make out something that must once have been a newspaper clipping. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It was idiotic. All the girls tapped boys and then just squealed like morons and barely even ran.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She giggles, and I can barely understand her next words. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I worried I wouldn’t be able to sleep again, knowing there was a corpse leaning on me, but soon the cold took me and I reentered the half-awake world of the barely alive. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Who would want to sell me or buy me? I am just a girl who has seen barely fifteen summers. I have no skills.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They actually barely touch each other in school, probably because people are prehistoric dickwads about gay stuff. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Most small choppers can barely hold a handful of passengers, and water is heavy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had barely touched her sandwich or fries, or much food at all, for that matter. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His muscles were barely contained within his tunic. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I could barely get his collar on because he kept licking my hand. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I’m so excited I can barely finish my papaya juice. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sixteen-year-old brother, who was apparently getting more action than him, with girls he barely knew. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Only an echo, I fear,” I heard, barely audibly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was barely five feet tall, his overalls looking now as though he had been dipped in pitch. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely sleep for thinking about death. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There, at the entrance, just barely lighted, her father’s makazins were heaped with Mama’s. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Harry was still half blind, barely able to see anything through his puffed-up eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His breath was ragged, and his body barely moved. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only once I heard him call: a slight whisper that barely reached me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside them, a parade ground stretched for two miles until it stopped at a cluster of buildings that Ben could barely identify as the PX and commissary. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It barely stops beside us when she and Scrap hop out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even the two new Roman kids, Hazel and Frank, whom Piper barely knew, felt like kin. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She shot forward, barely conscious of her feet moving at all. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A group of girls she barely knew sprawled near her on the grass. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Liddy, from the bushes, barely heard it over the hum of the air conditioner. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There’s barely room to move in here, yet somehow the crowd clears a path for us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was small, barely over five feet tall, and I was soon too big to sit on her lap. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He grabs on to me, barely managing to hold on and keep us from slamming into the ice. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I jump and drop the flint and striker to the ground, barely keeping hold of the tinder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Proteins enable these barely possible reactions, allowing us to live on the edges of chemical entropy—skating perilously, but never falling in. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“No sir,” I said, barely able to conceal my joy. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He turned to Moon Orchid, “You can’t talk to them. You can barely talk to me.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One man alone could have carried El Patron, but the coffin was so encrusted with gold that six could barely lift it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was so bitter, Luke could barely listen. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost five o’clock in the evening, although it could have been five o’clock in the morning; the sky had barely changed at all throughout the day. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

With that, he turned about and began to wend his way through back streets and dark alleys, his lantern barely showing the way through the dark and rain. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It makes more sense than his persistent attempts to be my friend when everyone else at school barely notices me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Clean night air flows through a constellation of gaps in the rock ceiling, and I can barely make out the stars. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There’s barely any light, only moonlight that reaches through the small window. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The oldest corn cobs are barely more than half an inch long, but Mexican Indian farmers of A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was still, barely breathing, filled with another idea. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s barely enough information, but I piece it together: Someone new is joining the class. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But even the occasional hit would mean, at best, a minor respite from the daily grind of barely making ends meet. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She barely had time to parry I came at her so fast. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I expect shock, or anger, but she barely even looks surprised. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When dinner is over, Mom lays a hand on my arm, fingertips barely touching the skin, and says, “Isn’t it nice to have your brother back, Decca?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Words were etched on the glass; Thomas could barely read them: Let this half-shank be a warning to all: You can't escape through the Box Hole. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

So much would not have happened, nothing would have happened, and the smoothing hand of time would have made the evening barely memorable: the night the twins ran away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At Party City the short, bearded guy who waits on us looks barely older than Darren. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The words had barely escaped her lips before the Reverend interrupted her cold. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I barely knew her, but what I remember is her hard manner, her rough voice. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I barely crack it open 'fore they push me out the way. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He and Mrs. Grote barely say a word to each other anymore, he says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My mother would sometimes be a large animal, barely real in the dark; then she would become a mother again. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several times she tried to cry out, but the fatigue barely let her open her lips, let alone take the deep breath necessary to scream. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She used to be the best writer in school and here she ended up barely passing English. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair had been cut short, and I barely recognized her. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He must have barely known him, always being up to his neck in communal affairs and not knowledgeable in family matters. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

What did she see, young girl like that, barely out of high school, with unbraided hair, lip rouge for the first time and high-heeled shoes? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you guys serious? You want to track down some homeless dude you barely know?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Other men who had the talent took Samuel’s tricks and sold them and grew rich, but Samuel barely made wages all his life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When, as someone entered, he said good morning, or good day, he said it barely looking up, and with an indifference that fell just short of insolence. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

That a bruised cheek barely even scratches the surface of what the Director could do. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And showing off with fancy words you barely understand can make you look pompous and occasionally ridiculous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The words on the spines are printed in faded gold ink that I can barely read. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The pain in my arm was so bad now I could barely stand. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We kept reassessing our makeup even though we barely wore any. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As for me, I was sobbing so hard, I could barely breathe. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

You could barely make out the individual strands. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know it would be people you barely knew becoming friends that harbored you. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We were barely in the restaurant, which wasn’t a restaurant, just a counter with a kitchen on the far side and two small tables with benches on our side. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then one day, I saw an envelope so completely covered with stamps it barely had space for my name and address. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There’s absolutely no signage on these aqueducts, let alone the fact that I can barely see, now that the sun has practically gone down. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I would love to talk with them, but I can barely speak. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her smile was adorable, just barely there, like she had a secret that was too good to keep to herself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My teeth got so crowded that I could barely close my mouth. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve barely said a word since you got into the car.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Rishi could barely keep himself from sprinting through the crowd of Insomnia Con students to the hallway and the lecture hall. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

An overwhelming sensation crushed my chest so that I could barely breathe. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Shin’s cell was a concrete square, barely large enough for him to lie down. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“And why was that?” asked the cat, although it sounded barely interested. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

In human years, he was barely fourteen, just a year older than Hazel, but that didn’t tell the whole story. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In 1922 there were barely a hundred people living in the village. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I barely sleep the rest of the night, worried about who could’ve been in the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I say, my voice barely more than a whisper. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My arms and legs are stiff from barely moving a muscle all night. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“He could barely walk,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They barely greeted us children when they came in. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light above the door still sputtered a bit, but barely enough to see by. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She moved in a silent ferocity of dignity which barely escaped being ludicrous. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

But as Sigurd shifted the sword in his hand, she realized they were barely there in time. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Ron’s voice tailed away in mutters, barely audible over the loud crackling of the fire, though Harry thought he caught the words “Krum” and “can’t complain” again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He barely had time to wonder when he’d see it again when they were back — George had forgotten his box of Filibuster fireworks. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They reproduced and grew up so fast that there was barely time to sell the tickets for the raffle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In a daze, I walk slowly back to the house, barely noticing that I’m being struck by tiny chunks of ice. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I could barely see the side of the road and nothing ahead. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His position was not much better than mine and I knew that he was uneasy and insecure; he had always treated me in an offhand, bantering way that barely concealed his contempt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arul joined him, and the boys discovered even more: golden laddu balls, some half eaten, some barely touched. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Harry sent Stunning Spell after Stunning Spell back at their pursuers, barely holding them off. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Doris could barely take the news, so I knew Jazz would be crushed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

You can barely find it, because the folds of skin hide the opening. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I barely had time to wonder what a blue book was before everyone produced one from their bags. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ollivander held out a trembling hand, and Harry placed the two barely connected halves into his palm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She reached the top of the path as Sigurd swung his sword at Håkon and missed, barely. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But here you barely have time to get used to the idea before you have to start running after the hearse. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

A woman—younger than Val and pretty in the neon bar light—barely noticed Toby as she came up to the bar and asked for a pitcher of beer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The knife was barely a finger's breadth from Basta's white shirt, but suddenly Dustfinger plunged his hand into Basta's pants pocket, took out the keys to the cells, and stepped back. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then, of course, I’d get one of my asthma attacks and could barely breathe to talk. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barely listened as his teacher droned on about something. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I barely had to nudge it with my head to put it past the goalkeeper. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Ghost barely winces at the contents of his acorn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We once met at the food court at the mall with a bunch of other friends but he barely spoke to me, and he never once tried to kiss me or hold my hand. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z