Lips moving so that they could hardly catch the words.

Like becoming tight end for his high school football team when he could hardly catch a pass.

Ex was laughing so hard she could hardly catch her breath.

It didn't help much that I could catch hardly a word of the conversation.

At times she spoke so low that I could hardly catch the words.

He said it so softly I could hardly catch the words.

"But she is there," he said in a voice I could hardly catch.

Everything had changed so fast up till now that she could hardly catch her breath.

She whispered, so that he could hardly catch the words, "Thank you."

You hardly ever caught guys our age wearing shorts.