It speaks particularly to those in their mid-to-late 20s (ourselves included) who can barely contemplate an existence that is not a jam-packed, permanently rented one.
By the time Europeans arrived 500 years later, the residents were starving, barely eking out an existence on a barren land.
When the depression came, she could barely eke out an existence selling handkerchiefs and aprons, but she still retained her pride.
The jobs argument doesn't work in Seoul, since taxi drivers in the city barely eke out an existence as it is, and a few thousand more drivers does little for employment in a city of almost 10 million people.
These are people who are barely eking out an existence.
He's been awarded two of France's top culinary prizes, the Bocuse d'Or and Meilleur Ouvrier de France — one of only two people to achieve both — and this year his very white, very elegant new restaurant, Le Gabriel (10, place de la Bourse; 33-5-56-30-00-80; bordeaux-gabriel.firstgrabbed its first Michelin star after barely a year of existence.
These people straddled the line between survival and an existence that barely resembled life.
That's how many urbanites spend their summer weekends, driving three hours or more each Friday evening so that they can embrace an existence that is barely distinguishable from the one they left behind in the city.
As a system of laws, Jim Crow reduced black southerners to an existence that only barely bested their lot during slavery.
In 2002 when I arrived in Ridgewood Facebook did not exist, Youtube did not exist, and MySpace was barely in existence.
Dear BF Community, In 2002 when I arrived in Ridgewood Facebook did not exist, Youtube did not exist, and MySpace was barely in existence.
