Examples of 'just could' in a sentence

Meaning of "just could"

just could: Indicates a limited or barely sufficient ability or capacity to accomplish a task or goal. It suggests that there is a narrow margin of possibility or capability in a particular situation

How to use "just could" in a sentence

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I just could really use the money.
It was a couple who just could not shut up.
I just could not wait for you.
The children just could not resist.
I just could not figure that out.
It is advertising we just could never afford to buy.
He just could stand seven months there.
We who were there just could not believe it.
You just could not control yourself.
The woman that just could be free.
You just could never help yourself.
It was a plan that just could not fail.
He just could have dropped by a couple of times.
I was a boy who just could not sit still.
I just could be the woman to take you.

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That sort of luck just could not last.
I just could not handle that girl.
If there would we just could follow it.
I just could never tell what exactly.
Changes that just could not be.
We just could exclude people one by one.
And that formula just could not work.
I just could not see the point.
A rage which she just could not control.
Ray just could have been following orders.
In certain ways that we just could never imagine.
We just could not get out of there.
Perhaps the three of us just could.
You just could tell by his attitude.
But some newspapers just could not wait.
I just could not find the necklace.
There were people that just could not move.
I just could not hold on any longer.
I am think we just could go to bed.
I just could eat this little face.
I got caught up and just could not get away.
I just could not stay in that boat.
Apathy means you just could not care at all.
Just could everybody please stand and.
Because they just could not understand it.
Just could have been a little tighter.
The ceiling just could not be seen.
I just could not find someone wake me up.
But she just could.
I just could not lose another mother.
And it looks like it just could just fall apart on us.
He just could not properly satisfy her.
My friends and family just could not understand to be help.
I just could not stand to be in my house anymore.
But all night she just could not let it go.

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Just like that one over there
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