How to Use hardly in a Sentence

hardly

adverb

• This is hardly a new idea for a movie.
• The changes in service have hardly been noticed.
• Hardly anyone showed up for the meeting.
• There are hardly any new features in this software.
• Hardly a day goes by when I don't think about you.
• It hardly matters what I think.
• Gomez skipped the 2024 VMAs, but she’s hardly been off the scene.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2024
• But that was hardly the end of the pupfish’s struggles.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
• The stakes could hardly be higher for this year’s edition of The Game.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 26 Nov. 2022
• There’s schools on this street, and cars hardly ever stop at the stop signs.
  — Jordan Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
• The tour has hardly been alone in seeking a range of evidence for the case.
  — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
• But he was hardly destined to rise in the Church of England.
  — Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s path to theaters and drive-ins in the fall of 1974 was hardly a smooth or straight one.
  — Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
• Yet that hardly accounts for the bulk of the head-scratching cases.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• Wind noise was remarkably low, and the car was hardly tapped out.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 28 July 2023
• But the Moon hardly looks like a water world, or even a place with a few puddles.
  — Thomas Orlando, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
• The stakes could hardly be higher for both India and Adani Group.
  — Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2023
• But who’s in leading roles in front of and behind the camera has hardly changed.
  — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• In some places, the water hardly covers the pebbles lining the riverbed.
  — Alissa J. Rubin Bryan Denton, New York Times, 29 July 2023
• In his last years, my old pal Myles Brown suffered a stroke and could hardly get around.
  — Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
• The idea of a vampire who doesn’t want to kill is hardly without precedent.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023
• But a tattoo is hardly the biggest change on the horizon for Jones.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
• These are hardly the jobs Anaheimers need to be able to afford to live here, let alone live a good life.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
• This is hardly the first time Tupperware has warned the end might be near.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
• The wide price ranges are hardly a surprise for long-time GPU watchers though.
  — PCMAG, 10 Nov. 2022
• The bank is hardly alone in its connection to U.S. slavery.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 28 July 2023
• But the Fed had hardly gotten started – the FFR was only at 1.5%, which should not have been enough to inflect the trend.
  — George Calhoun, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Plus, the compact size takes up hardly any space inside your bag.
  — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
• Striking workers will be paid $400 a week, hardly enough to make ends meet.
  — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 14 Nov. 2022
• In Africa, businesses like Abubakar’s keep countless tons of toxic trash out of landfills, reduce the need for mining, and create thousands of jobs—hardly a trivial consideration in a nation where nearly two-thirds of people live in poverty.
  — Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024