barely penetrate
Frequency: 6.26.8 per million words
To only just manage to get through something.
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Examples (10)
- The sunlight barely penetrated the inner room.
- The flashlight's beam barely penetrated the thick fog.
- The needle barely penetrated the tough leather surface.
- New information barely penetrated his distracted mind.
- The moisture had barely penetrated the waterproof layer.
- The bullet barely penetrated the armored glass.
- The sound of the music barely penetrated the soundproof walls.
- The company's products barely penetrated the foreign market.
- Light barely penetrated the dense canopy of the rainforest.
- The truth barely penetrated through the layers of lies.