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"barely able to contain" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which someone is having difficulty containing their emotions or excitement. For example, "She was barely able to contain her enthusiasm when she heard the news".
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I was barely able to contain myself".
She is barely able to contain her delight.
Here are the torches!" said Pete, barely able to contain his excitement.
Mr. Finn took up the gauntlet, barely able to contain himself: he seemed about to burst.
Barely able to contain a smirk, "Taxidermia" makes it grimly funny.
Both onstage and off, he appears to be just barely able to contain his prodigious energy.
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He was barely able to control it.
She shivered, barely able to control herself.
You know, they're barely able to take care of themselves".
Hodgson has barely been able to contain his enthusiasm for Sterling's work since training sessions at Miami's Barry University and this display lived up to those references.
No team was able to contain him".
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