Sentence examples for hardly deserved from inspiring English sources

Jelena's bathing suit hardly deserved the name, some bits of cloth and a strap or two.

The infrastructure hardly deserved the term then, and hardly does now.

In truth, it was a game of such mediocrity that it hardly deserved the late drama.

He let it be known that the world and its audiences hardly deserved him.

And then, against the run of play, came two glimmers of hope they hardly deserved.

Respect for the priesthood and the papacy could not be taken for granted, especially considering that many priests hardly deserved (moral) authority.

He hardly deserves it.

Some of these "habitats" hardly deserve the name.

Hardly deserving of the word "islands," they're more like protrusions, more like carbuncles.

And that, wherever the hell I've been, I hardly deserve my luck.

Pimped up beyond all recognition, it hardly deserves to be called a caravan.