Sentence examples for barely able to keep from inspiring English sources
They looked slow, tired, and barely able to keep up.
He gets hold of Millie's lead and he's off, the dog barely able to keep up.
It looked like she was barely able to keep herself stabilized.
Doesn't it seem like we're barely able to keep a handle on things?" "Well, sure.
As the epidemic escalates, international aid is barely able to keep up.
"I'm barely able to keep water flowing to the village," he said.
Nearby ships were barely able to save a few dozen.
Recruiting efforts have barely been able to keep the Afghan security forces from maintaining their current ranks, let alone growing to a size large and capable enough to project security in the country.
U.S.-led air power has barely been able to keep the jihadist militants from capturing the Syrian town of Kobane, near the Turkish border — and the besieged city may yet fall.
Since the mid-90's, wall builders, whose numbers are rising from the dozens to the hundreds with the renewed interest in the craft, have barely been able to keep up with demand, especially in places like Westchester County, N.Y, and Fairfield County, Conn., where nouveaux riches have come to roost.
Guy next to me keeps touching his face in agony and seems to barely be able to keep himself from yelling 'overshare' things.
