Its sleeve was a shrunken silver balloon, the pressure inside barely higher than the vacuum around it.

The other indexes wandered, too, before ending barely higher.

The company expects sales this year of about $1.24 billion, barely higher than last year's $1.23 billion.

Yesterday, the Dow fell 37.85, to 11,003.20, barely higher than the June figure.

If inflation is taken into account, current oil prices are barely higher than they were during the Arab oil embargo of 1973.

It was a barren range of hills, barely higher than the land around it.

Average scores, math and verbal combined, were 1020, barely higher than a quarter-century ago.

She stood barely higher than Konstantin's shoulder, hair included.

"The agreement was barely higher than pure chance," he said.

Its first-quarter revenues were $5.9 billion, barely higher than the $5.86 billion in the corresponding period last year.