Sentence examples for hardly a figure from inspiring English sources

He is hardly a figure who speaks to reform.

The current mayor, John Tory, is not an idiot, although he is hardly a figure of the "new Toronto".

Though he is hardly a figure of great renown, except for his ego (he has pre-built himself an elaborate mausoleum, listing his achievements), he did serve as Illinois's attorney-general.

While the American president is hardly a figure ruling with the power of a Caesar, there does sometimes seem to be an almost obsessive desire on the part of the Tea Party and its Congressional supporters to oppose the President's will at every turn.

A rally was in the works just over an hour later though, when General Motors reported sales were down 18.1% in June, hardly a figure worth accolades, but appreciably better than expectations.

In mice implanted with a Millipore chamber containing saline, angiogenesis hardly occurred (group A, Figure 6A).

If Johnny hadn't made our careers, he had, after all, made our nights, and almost thirteen years after he was gone from public view — and there has hardly been a figure in show business who was as gone as Carson was after he did his last show — we could still hear his voice and see his slow burns and double takes.

Papadapoulos was hardly a major figure.

It sold Wednesday for $13,750, hardly a dizzying figure.

But he is hardly a commanding figure or accomplished campaigner.

But he is a commander in a decisive battle in Syria — hardly a marginal figure.