The rest thought they were barely staying even or slipping behind.

You were barely staying alive with the hardest sort of work, I could see.

But she says that he stayed barely ten minutes with her.

In this budget, public investment barely stays ahead of inflation.

Time and again, he managed to lose money, barely stay even or face imminent bankruptcy.

By the time Blade ran out of breath the man was laughing so hard he could barely stay on his mount.

"Barely staying ahead of the game, and believe you me, it ain't no party."

I was slipping, barely staying on my feet, moving across the ramp.

The result was that the big man fell off the platform, while Jimmy barely stayed on.

We could barely stay in the room with each other.