Sentence examples similar to it has barely functioned from inspiring English sources

I've never attempted suicide (that's what everyone really wants to know) but I've had periods of several months where I've barely functioned as a human being.

The Palestinians' 132-strong parliament has barely functioned since 2006, when Israel arrested 40 Hamas members.

Kuwait's parliament has barely functioned this year as ever more assertive and confident opposition groups have clashed with government MPs on numerous issues.

Since the 2011 revolution that ousted Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the government has barely functioned, the security forces have been in disarray and security has worsened.

With Israel and Western governments cutting off the flow of money to the Palestinian Authority, the Hamas government has barely functioned since coming to power more than six months ago.

The state government of New York has barely functioned this year, with a governor whose approval ratings are heading into negative territory and a state senate that has refused even to be called into session half the time owing to various partisan spats.

However, these platforms for concerted action have barely functioned and have not yet managed to connect essential public and private partners, nor have they facilitated the exchanges required for the definition of a biofuel policy and the structuring of the sector.

Following the independence movements of the 1960's and 70's, many African nations had barely functioning economies and subsisted largely on handouts and loans from Europe, the United States and Japan.

Worse, it has barely budged since 2000.

In England it has barely started.

Yet it has barely been touched.