Sentence examples for absence hardly from inspiring English sources

Ortiz was scratched just before the game because of back spasms, but his absence hardly mattered.

The Red Cross ultimately withdrew from the Nigerian civil war in order to preserve its neutrality, but by then its absence hardly affected the scale of the operation.

Gail Pennington of the St . LouisPost-Dispatch said of the character, "her role was so marginal that her absence hardly registered" after she departed the series.

Pointer's absence was hardly felt against the injury-depleted Orangewomen, who suited only nine players.

And with only a handful of first-round picks signed across the N.F.L., Joseph's absence was hardly unexpected.

Then the lights came back up, the band began to play, and soon, Mr. Diabate's absence seemed hardly to matter at all.

But his absence will hardly keep him and his official passing into adulthood from being the center of royal-watching attention.

But while its aspirations were exemplary, the Bridge Project's appearances were sporadic enough that its absence is hardly likely to leave a gaping hole in anyone's cultural calendar.

The Canadian national women's team held a development camp in Toronto from Jan . 9to 12. Fourth-ranked Dartmouth lost four players, CORRENE BREDIN, GILLIAN APPS, MEAGAN WALTON and CHERIE PIPER, and their absence could hardly have come at a worse time.

What dragon will arise in our absence will hardly be friendly to us, our workers, or our consumers.

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