Sentence examples for barely withstand from inspiring English sources

"The state's so-called Rainy Day Fund could barely withstand a drizzle.

I could barely withstand it.

Unfortunately these particular barriers were made out of cardboard, which could barely withstand the drizzle, let alone the angry shoving of police all riled up by the small amount of jostling opposing them.

Even the title of the EP is all about intensity Dickow hoped that anyone standing in front of the "pressure washer" of his pummeling breakbeats would be blasted away, sort of like the guy in those classic Maxell commercials who can barely withstand the "insane wind" blasting in his direction. .

But despite their horror stories, Abdallah, 21, says the journey that his fellow inmates barely withstood – and that killed more than 450 others this week – is his only option.

Facebook is just one shining example of a trend where the technology sector is the real growth-sector of an American economy which has barely withstood two separate economic recessions within a few years of each other.

Largely ignored is the public value in the type of regulations, for example, that ensured the Lake Anna reactors were prepared (albeit barely) to withstand the jolt from below, or the building codes that gave people comfort in going back into their offices and homes.

Australia's brittle sporting ego could withstand – just barely – losses to South Africa and India.

Together, that was enough -- barely -- to withstand homers by Carlos Beltran, Lance Berkman, Jeff Kent and Mike Lamb.

I don't know the origin of the idea that writers are such delicate creatures, barely able to withstand public scrutiny of their genius, but it seems ever-present.

There is no reason that Cuba's barely functioning economic system would withstand similar pressure.