barely alive

Frequency: 6.98.8 per million words

Indicates a very weak state of life, close to death.

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Examples (20)

  • For four days he seemed barely alive.
  • After the crash, the driver was found barely alive.
  • The rescuers found the climber, who was barely alive after days in the snow.
  • Rescuers pulled the mountaineer from the crevasse; he was barely alive.
  • The vet managed to save the kitten, which was found barely alive on the street.
  • The kitten they rescued was cold, starving, and barely alive.
  • After running the marathon, I felt barely alive.
  • When the paramedics arrived, the patient was barely alive.
  • The neglected plant in the corner was barely alive, with only one green leaf left.
  • After weeks of neglect, the houseplant was withered and barely alive.
  • When they brought him to the emergency room, he was barely alive.
  • She crossed the finish line of the ultramarathon, feeling barely alive.
  • Without immediate medical attention, the patient will be barely alive by morning.
  • After the financial collapse, the small startup was barely alive.
  • Pulled from the wreckage, the survivor was barely alive and unconscious.
  • His hope for victory was barely alive in the final minutes of the game.
  • The old bookstore is barely alive, struggling against online giants.
  • They found the lost dog in the woods, thin and barely alive.
  • She had been through so much trauma that she felt barely alive inside.
  • The ancient tradition, practiced by only a few elders, is now barely alive.