Given the choice between coming home in disgrace barely retaining his own Duchy-and winning himself a Kingdom, it could have been an easy decision.

It wasn't close by; he could barely retain a sense of its presence.

I swung out again, barely retaining grip with both hands.

I barely retained the presence to wonder what had happened.

He would face Wright again for a third time, just barely retaining his seat.

Most people are barely retaining their sanity, let alone returning to work.

He remembered nothing about the last four months, and barely retained what he was told from one hour to the next.

The android was almost drained of energy, barely retaining enough to stay airborne.

He struck the logs of the bridge heavily, barely retaining his balance on the edge of the span.

Smith barely retained his seat as the at-large candidate, receiving the fourth largest number of votes.