Sentence examples for barely supported from inspiring English sources

His translations and magazine writings barely supported him; a letter to Cave is signed "impransus," signifying that he had gone without dinner.

And that thin metal rod had been pulled out of the wall so often by clumsy guests that it barely supported the weight of the towels.

The old building was long weathered by time, and its sloped roof was buckled, unnaturally curved at the apex and barely supported by rotting beams.

Bersonina, who uses only one name, said in a telephone interview arranged by the company that the $200 he made last year producing about 50 kilograms, or 110 pounds, of vanilla barely supported his family of four.

In other words: it's super hard, they're barely supported and few people are using them where the bugs could be exploited.

She also took issue with the way a young female character was portrayed — wearing an impractical strapless costume that barely supported breasts the size of her face.

As a single mother, she could barely support one child.

Her income can barely support our large family.

His mother can barely support herself and his stepbrothers and sisters.

The atmosphere becomes so thin that it can barely support the aircraft.

Ms. Burla has not found a job, barely supporting the family with intermittent private teaching.