Sentence examples for hardly force from inspiring English sources

Squealing and gripping her armchair, she could hardly force herself to watch two vulnerable scenes from "Diner" and "Sea of Love".

Some people in Spitzer's office believed the allegation in Grubman's e-mail that Weill wanted A.T. & T.'s stock upgraded to win Armstrong's support, but they could hardly force Grubman to retract his sworn testimony disowning it.

But he could hardly force governments to embrace Turkey, send troops to Afghanistan or change their views of financial capitalism.During the NATO summit in Strasbourg, Mr Obama came up with a sharp observation.

These examples hardly force one to believe in true contradictions, however.

Both horizontal (Fy) and vertical reaction forces (Fz) approach zero during double contact, indicating that hardly any force is exerted on the handholds and the body approaches a flight phase.

It is hardly a force today, with only about 100,000 subscribers.

BP is hardly the force it was; nor are many of the once-mighty investment banks – pace Lehman Brothers.

The left will draw its own conclusions from this but it is hardly a force any longer.

Mr Bing is hardly a force of nature, but he has the benefit of business sense, a life outside Detroit's divisive politics and apparently no hopes for higher office.

Does the Communist Party still exist in New York City? A. Yes, but it is hardly the force that once prompted the critic Lionel Abel to remark that in the 1930's the city "went to Russia and spent most of the decade there".

(Let's not forget that, in 2006, YouTube was hardly the force that it's become).