He had barely said a word to her all week.

She took the seat across from him, barely saying hello.

That is because he has barely said anything at all.

He had barely said the words when the building suffered another direct hit.

He'd barely said two words to her and neither had been personal in any way.

No, she said in a voice barely above a whisper.

But in their last encounter, he'd barely said a word.

"Was just about to ring you up," he launched in before I had barely said two words.

They, or at least the ones I knew, barely said a word about the war.

He had barely said a dozen words to the woman.