barely able
Frequency: 7.311.2 per million words
only just succeeding in doing something
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Examples (10)
- After the marathon, he was barely able to stand.
- Through the thick fog, I was barely able to see the road ahead.
- Her voice trembled, and she was barely able to speak through her tears.
- With his low wages, he was barely able to afford rent and food.
- After the accident, she was barely able to lift her arm.
- I was so tired last night that I was barely able to keep my eyes open during the movie.
- The box was so heavy that the child was barely able to push it.
- The lecture was so complex that most students were barely able to follow the professor's logic.
- The whisper was so faint I was barely able to hear what she said.
- He found the situation so ridiculous he was barely able to contain his laughter.