feed barely
Frequency: 5.55.0 per million words
to provide only just enough food to survive
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Examples (10)
- She could barely feed and clothe herself.
- The struggling farmer could barely feed his livestock during the drought.
- After losing his job, he could barely feed his family.
- The charity helps families who can barely feed their children.
- During the war, people could barely feed themselves.
- The minimum wage workers could barely feed their households.
- In the famine, villagers could barely feed their animals.
- The elderly woman could barely feed herself on her pension.
- They could barely feed the growing population.
- The refugees could barely feed their families with the limited supplies.