Sentence examples for barely covering from inspiring English sources
The family is scraping by, barely covering the monthly expenses of rent, bills and food.
Five years after the financial crisis, share trading is barely covering its cost of capital.
They had sunken eyes, emaciated frames, swollen chapped feet and torn clothes barely covering their backs.
"What we're selling our beef for is barely covering the cost of keeping the animals.
He depicted hefty men's waistcoats barely covering their stomachs, and gave clues about their overspending, adultery or arrogance.
Most recently, the Will Ferrell basketball comedy Semi-Pro took just $32m, barely covering the star's salary.
In reality the increased wage barely covered 90% of basic food needs and less than a third of a living wage covering basic needs such as food, rent, transport, education, and medical care.
The media will have barely started covering my death than the nasty rumours will start.
It was rebuilt with public money, but the concession to run it has been offered to a private firm, covering barely a fifth of the costs.
The music policy – covering barely unearthed boogie, offbeat disco and raw, usually filtered house – is deadly serious, but the night's genuinely psychedelic sensibility and strong sense of humour is what makes it stand out from the crowd.
Most of those high-yield REITs only barely succeed at covering dividend payments.
