Sentence examples for be left barely from inspiring English sources

It is difficult for surgeons to know which patients might recover and which are likely to be left barely functional.

With less credit available and unemployment worsening, the American consumer could be left barely afloat, unable lead an economic recovery (see "Whitney: Credit Contracting").

China Labour Bulletin, an NGO based in Hong Kong, said in a September report that millions of these workers were left barely able to support their families, thanks to widespread corruption and a lack of clear policy guidelines.

In the end, the IOC was left with barely a choice last week.

With a swing against it of over 16%, the biggest for any Australian government in 60 years, the party has been left with barely a quarter of the seats in the state's lower house.

He refuses to freeze the growth of Jewish settlements that continue to bite into what is left of a barely contiguous Palestinian state on the West Bank.

The oft-desired number 7 jersey was left vacant for barely a day, before Memphis Depay, the new highly talented Dutch signing, assumed the often-lauded jersey.

This week, I am left feeling broken, barely able to do much more than to think of when I was in grade school and my school would serve tacos for lunch.

While a lot of press agents and door guys are actually rude SOBs, if you say "please" and "thank you" with strong enough conviction, you can crack the surface of the cold shell that protects what is left of their barely beating hearts.

In "Broken Harbor," French's eeriest novel, a family of four is assaulted in a shoddily constructed suburban three-bedroom; only the mother is left alive, and she just barely.

What is left of our savings will barely pay for a cup of coffee.