He could barely hold himself on his side of the table.
"I can barely hold her attention on the phone for five minutes," he said.
He barely held onto his seat in 1998 and 2001.
It is too small, barely holding a can or a cup.
He's barely holding on to something but I don't know what it is.
The year before at the same meet, Mitchell had just barely held off two other 14-year-olds.
His body was shaking so he could barely hold the staff.
With only one hand, Harry could barely hold its weight.
Even so, those barrels barely held enough water for a day.
She could barely hold still to translate for her parents.