hardly

Example Sentences

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While hardly a haven from inflation, stocks ought to have some protection both due to foreign earnings and because sales should rise with consumer prices.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The streets were so crowded that, as our forefathers said, you could hardly move."

From Barron's

That hardly explains what he found so interesting about Bletchley train station at night.

From Literature

Whether or not anyone watches whatever feeble offering they have on the actual day of the game hardly matters now, though one person — yours truly — will certainly be tuning in to report on the atrocities.

From Salon

It was hardly a trade deadline blockbuster when Seattle gave up a couple of mid-round draft picks to acquire Shaheed from the New Orleans Saints in November.

From The Wall Street Journal