barely stir
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- The wind barely stirred the surface of the water.
- After the exhausting hike, he could barely stir from the armchair.
- The cat lay so still in the sun, it barely stirred for hours.
- Even the loud noise didn't make the sleeping dog barely stir.
- She was so weak from fever that she could barely stir in her bed.
- A tiny mouse darted across the floor, making the curtains barely stir.
- He held his breath, hoping the old floorboards wouldn't barely stir under his weight.
- The patient was in such a deep sleep that he would barely stir even when spoken to.
- Despite the strong current, the ancient shipwreck seemed to barely stir on the seabed.
- With every careful step, she tried to ensure that not a single leaf would barely stir.