The boat barely dipped under his weight.

In contrast, his manhood barely dipped into her.

Yet if the opening sections of "My Other Life" barely dip their toes in that metafictional water, the second and far stronger half seems to dive right in.

He swung, the ball zoomed off his bat and then barely dipped over the right-field fence.

The newly created causeway barely dipped between the two hills, while a deeper gorge had appeared between the hills and the arch of the bridgelike causeway.

"Mr. Humphries," said Nobo, nearly three seconds later, barely dipping his chin.

Indeed, hard-core Kmart fans took some comfort from the fact that the stock of the giant discount retailer barely dipped yesterday even though it reported quarterly earnings that were worse than the most pessimistic analyst estimates.

The pitch started on the same course as a changeup, but it barely dipped.

The women with the most frustration and resentment are those whose ambition levels barely dip as their desires for children rise.

In short, Richard Saul Wurman's "Information Anxiety" is a book that you can circle at a distance or barely dip your toe in to absorb its altogether sensible message.