Sentence examples for had hardly reached from inspiring English sources

On Cooper Street, "the Regulars had hardly reached the [armory], when a perfect shower of missiles were hurled at them and the building.

But he said the recent cases -- largely revolving around New York politicians -- had hardly reached the nationwide pitch that buffeted Republicans four years ago.

Irtiqa al-Assadi, who had hardly reached his teens, was slaughtered in front of his father, Hussein al-Assadi, who was then also murdered.

I had hardly reached the top of the stairs when I heard a boom and saw the entire wall with the windows on it torn away".

He credited these errors, along with many others, to Aristotle, about whom he said: "In all his natural philosophy and metaphysics, Aristotle had hardly reached two evidently certain conclusions, perhaps not even a single one".

We'd rather have the chef's report, in which (and God knows how Chef knew) the politician and his lunch guest had hardly reached the hotel down the coast when justice called.

Indeed, women have hardly reached a level of parity with men in the Olympic movement.

"That Certain Summer". The "made‐for‐TV" movie has hardly reached its potential for quality original drama.

The National Rifle Association points out such high-tech guns have hardly reached the testing stage, and that the state law -- which gives gun manufacturers five years to find a solution -- is open-ended and legislates a product that does not even exist.

Of course, Ribbon has hardly reached PayPal, Square or even Venmo scale at this point, making that easier to do.

But for the women, they've hardly reached the finish line.