hardly
Example Sentences
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"The entire market is currently so weak. When you watch the news, you hardly hear any positive messages."
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa was caught sending a member of his staff to Derby's training ground in the middle of January, hardly a crucial point of the season.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
There is one important metric, however, that hasn’t moved much as the rally has continued to rip higher: While prices have climbed, forward price-to-earnings ratios for semiconductors have hardly budged.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Looking at his police file, I can hardly read the signature over his statement; his name is illegible, scrawled and messy, like that of a boy.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
I hardly had time to marvel at it before the barber began to shape the bob, his scissors going snip, snip, snip.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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