At best, however, our provisions, even though used with the greatest care, will barely last three months.

I can't see Obama winning a 2nd term, he'll barely last the distance this time.

The fighting - just skirmishes, really - would last barely another week.

The chaos lasted barely an hour, and we were lucky to have that much.

Some barely lasted a single foray; a few died in minutes.

All good things, but what's a road warrior to do when the battery barely lasts four hours?

The action has lasted barely more than 40 minutes, and yet you desperately want this character to survive.

Even with that being so, it barely lasted till you got here.

The marriage, made in 1634, barely lasted three months.

The fuel would barely last the night, by his current standards, but he could remember when it had been otherwise in his life.