Barely Trying

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
BT
Pronunciation
/ˈbɛrli traɪɪŋ/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. These kids ' frontal temporal lobes are barely formed, Gillespie says; as teachers, she and her peers are trying to open their minds, to see complexities and tensions.
  2. When the Civil War was barely a few days old, Lowe was deep in the heart of South Carolina, trying to make his way back to safety behind Union lines.
  3. The swanky bar had no record of his booking, and he was barely able to contain his rage. He fumed and fidgeted and jabbed angrily at his BlackBerry trying vainly to raise his PA. Five minutes passed slowly.
  4. Barely able to string a sentence together, many will be shocked by the images of the peroxide blonde trying to emulate the appearance of a woman in her late20s.

Other meanings of BT