Henry had made much of the fact that Alice was feeling very poorly and could scarcely lift her head off the pillow.

I can scarcely lift my hand over my head without the sleeves binding me.

He could scarcely lift his leg high enough for the peg to clear the sand.

Those facing them were so packed together they could scarcely lift arms to defend themselves.

The Romans, it is said, could scarcely lift their arms to defend themselves.

In his right he bore a rock so heavy that he could scarcely lift it.

The long body, scarcely lifting the bedclothes, lay still as before.

"They were so heavy," he wrote, "I could scarcely lift them off the ground."

The big shot's knees were quaking, his hands could scarcely lift the telephone.

Six men could scarcely lift it; it was solid gold.