Sentence examples for hardly akin from inspiring English sources

A sound bite to please the Washington magpies is hardly akin to stepping on the Union Jack.

And others could realize that investing in an 18-year-old's future income under the right circumstances is hardly akin to forcing them into financial servitude.

The trouble is though trying to call or time when the market turns is hardly akin to a stroll in the park.

These were impressive and perhaps unexpected feats, but simply distinguishing one arrangement of sounds from another is hardly akin to appreciation.

But that is hardly reassuring: it's akin to saying that it is fine to walk blindfolded into a main road since you can't be sure there are any cars coming.

Price wise Pebble's flagship remains cheaper than the entry level Apple Watch ($350), however Best Buy in the US discounted the Apple Watch by $100 at the back end of the year – which underlines how Apple's pricing is hardly well characterized as akin to Rolex levels of luxury.

Here they flavour a very light, fresh and invigorating starter to a dinner – hardly a real soup; more akin to an infusion, just a little something to set the tone and entice the tastebuds.

It's hardly a 50-state coalition akin to HCAN, but it's a step in that direction.

Clearly, relying only on voluntary co-operation is akin to relying on voluntary taxation: hardly a reliable route to sustainability.

In this town of 20,000 people, where 40percentt of the adults are unemployed, the protesters hardly appear more than a huddle of poverty, akin to the impoverished masses who occupied the Hoovervilles of the American Depression.

In Belgium, a nation so small that domestic air travel hardly exists and where flying without a passport is seen as akin to driving without a driver's license, some residents seemed distinctly uncomfortable with the lack of controls.