HARDLY in a Sentence
Learn HARDLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
297 example sentences for HARDLY, such as:
1. I hardly expected that you would.
2. I can hardly wait until this summer.
3. False tongue will hardly speak truth.
4. A false tongue will hardly speak truth.
5. The car could hardly get along on the slope.
2. I can hardly wait until this summer.
3. False tongue will hardly speak truth.
4. A false tongue will hardly speak truth.
5. The car could hardly get along on the slope.
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Meanings and Examples of HARDLY
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hardly
ad. almost not
ad. only a very short time before
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I gave him a short sketch of my adventures, and had hardly concluded it by the time that we reached our destination.
2 That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the earth travelled round the sun appeared to be to me such an extraordinary fact that I could hardly realize it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3 The thought had hardly passed through my mind when the man whom we were watching caught sight of the number on our door, and ran rapidly across the roadway.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
4 So swiftly was the examination made, that one would hardly have guessed the minuteness with which it was conducted.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
5 The hall door had hardly slammed behind our visitor before Holmes had descended the stair.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
6 The very night of his arrival he became very much the worse for drink, and, indeed, after twelve o'clock in the day he could hardly ever be said to be sober.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
7 At times she spoke so low that I could hardly catch the words.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
8 The unfortunate creature's tongue seemed hardly to have been moistened in it before it gave a convulsive shiver in every limb, and lay as rigid and lifeless as if it had been struck by lightning.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
9 This last statement appeared to me to be so startling, that I could hardly believe that he was in his sober senses.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
10 During this dialogue, John Ferrier had stood fuming in the doorway, hardly able to keep his riding-whip from the backs of his two visitors.
11 He had hardly completed his arrangements before the farmer returned with his daughter all dressed and ready for a start.
12 He and his friends had hardly crouched down before the melancholy hooting of a mountain owl was heard within a few yards of them, which was immediately answered by another hoot at a small distance.
13 He had hardly started, however, before he realized the difficulty which faced him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
14 "Well, really, it can hardly be described as otherwise," said Sherlock Holmes, smiling at my surprise.
15 I hardly expected that you would.
Example Sentence: (87 in 6 pages)
1 She stepped back, hardly able to believe her ears.
2 Their voices were very quiet, hardly above a whisper.
3 The car could hardly get along on the slope.
4 She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.
5 While her observations may be true about some men, they could hardly apply to the entire gender.
6 She had hardly recovered from the birth of her last baby.
7 I could hardly hear myself speak above all the hubbub in the theatre bar.
8 The dancer's feet hardly seemed to touch the ground.
9 False tongue will hardly speak truth.
10 A false tongue will hardly speak truth.
11 I can hardly wait until this summer.
12 My shoes were so tight that I could hardly walk.
13 Sundry distant relatives, most of whom I hardly recognized, turned up for my brother's wedding.
14 I had hoped for a little more from the world's greatest tenor, whose performance was workmanlike but hardly inspired.
15 He was so shocked that he could hardly bring out a word.