Sentence examples for barely balanced from inspiring English sources

The French Parliamentary election left de Gaulle's Fifth Republic party barely balanced on what looked like a dangerous chasm of possible defeat.

Since the end of September the Bank has continued to lose gold to France, and has barely balanced these losses by receipts, its holding today being about the same as when the rate was raised.

The New Yorker, March 25 , 1967P. 172 The French Parliamentary election left de Gaulle's Fifth Republic party barely balanced on what looked like a dangerous chasm of possible defeat.

Highly efficient neurohumoral mechanisms maintain barely balanced medullary oxygenation by matching regional tubular transport activity and blood supply.

Ventimiglia and Moore make Jack and Rebecca love-struck but real; Metz makes Kate no more or less self-injurious than any person who has let things slide for too long; Brown's Randall is a marvelous study in barely balanced forces; and Hartley, like his character, delivers a deceptively subtle performance.

The TV set barely balances on a narrow crate.

"I can barely balance my checkbook," he acknowledged.

They can barely balance their checkbook.' " The City: Moment of Truth The alarm sounded even louder in City Hall.

On the tympanum, Christ barely balances in his almond chafing dish, Pentecostal fire hurls out to the Apostles left and right, they're microwaved.

Many educators and parents are concerned that the district, which can barely balance its budget now even with the settlement funds, might undergo draconian cuts.

When I had only one foot on the floor, barely balancing on my toes, that skim would send me flying forward, at which point self-preservation kicked in.