When it started to swell I cut back the flow and barely cracked one exhaust valve.

Response rates for traditional mail average much lower, barely cracking the three percent mark.

Now, his salary would barely crack the top 10.

"I don't want to open a crack," the coach said, barely cracking a smile.

Still, as in the early days, you barely crack a smile.

Its key radio single, the title track, barely cracked the 40 most-played songs for 1995.

He stood up; his burning feet barely cracked the snow's hard surface.

He barely cracked the tap marked H and got a glass of warm - almost hot - water.

While the Sooner women were ranked high in the preseason polls, the men barely cracked the top 25.

It failed to match the success of its predecessor, barely cracking to top forty in seven countries.