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
• These are hardly the first big cuts CNN has faced over the years.
  — David Bloom, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
• But in the Old City, there were hardly any doors left to knock on.
  — New York Times, 19 Dec. 2021
• The Bears are hardly the best offensive line in the NFL.
  — Phil Rogers, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
• This is hardly the first fight at the Disney park this year.
  — Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 21 July 2022
• But that was hardly the end of the pupfish’s struggles.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
• But the step hardly seemed to match the gravity of the problem.
  — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 26 May 2022
• The stakes could hardly be higher for this year’s edition of The Game.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 26 Nov. 2022
• Harris is hardly the first No. 2 to feel constrained by the job.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
• 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
• The team that has taken the floor in the last three weeks hardly resembles that one.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2022
• 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
• But things hardly went according to script the rest of the season.
  — Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
• The stakes could hardly be higher for both India and Adani Group.
  — Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2023
• The contrast with her party could hardly be sharper.
  — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
• Smith hardly needs an introduction.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2026
• But of course, this is hardly just about New York lawyers.
  — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026
• Kuemper could hardly carve himself out a role in five seasons with the Wild.
  — Brian Hall, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026
• Viewers could hardly ask for anything more from them.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026