At 50 he married a woman 28 years younger, only to find that he could barely support her.

But their Christian alternatives, he acknowledged, can barely support a small business.

Restaurants lucky enough to be open are working in a city whose infrastructure, work force and population can barely support them.

He wanted to run, but his tegs would barely support him while standing still.

His single mother works constantly, but can barely support her adopted kids.

His legs grew so unsteady they could barely support him.

On legs that would barely support him, he walked slowly from one end of the cellar to the other.

The wages of two would barely support a family, and it is possible I had only a mother.

Two full-time jobs would barely support a growing family in the present economy.

His single mother can barely support her six adopted kids.