Or maybe just of someone who worked like a dog and barely had time to eat.

The problem is that on a network level, it barely works.

With fingers trembling so much they would barely work he pushed it up, tried again.

The presence of tonal elements in both works barely matters.

In this respect it was outstanding because it barely worked.

I now work in the retail business and barely make ends meet.

"It barely worked in Manhattan for a number of years," he said.

The entire financial credit system has been ruined; it does not even get taxes from barely working enterprises.

The three pavilions barely work together to develop a sense of place.

That turned out to be the sound system, which by the dress rehearsal was barely working.