Sentence examples for just barely able to from inspiring English sources

''We were just barely able to afford it,'' Duncan says.

There is feeble Rafael Caldera, a former president just barely able to explain himself.

Both onstage and off, he appears to be just barely able to contain his prodigious energy.

(And I was just barely able to transmit and make my flight back to New York City in time for a Valentine's dinner — thankfully without harsh lighting).

Monfils was able to get a short forehand back for a 69th shot, but on the 70th shot Simon knocked a forehand into the open court, which Monfils was just barely able to get a racket on.

So far this quarter, which began on April 1, those most affected by the market are the people who are first-time home buyers or those just barely able to afford to buy.

He was just 4 years old and is barely able to recall her now, but after consulting Portuguese archives, he found that his sister, Raymonde Estelle, had spent six weeks in a hospital before dying of septicemia, at age 7. "I hadn't cried in years, but when I found out, I just couldn't stop," he said.

In the first half, they had just one shot, barely able to escape their half.

Khashab arrived at Heathrow Airport on Sept. 19, 1961, just 17 years old, barely able to speak English.

The crisis was not just professional; some days, he felt barely able to get out of bed.

Marita has forsaken everything for me, barely able to survive, just so she can take my five-minute calls, and come for these treasured prison visits.