Sentence examples for hardly hailed from inspiring English sources

Admittedly, Roux Jr was hardly hailed as a nice smiley man when he first joined the show, so perhaps Wareing will surprise us.

They were hardly hailed as the bearers of some sacred Diana legacy; when they failed to stand up for a mexican wave they were greeted by distinct, if good-natured, booing.

While Yorkshire may be over-represented, the members of the Shadow Cabinet hardly hail from traditional working-class northern stock.

And Snowden, though granted temporary asylum, is hardly being hailed by Putin as a noble warrior in the battle of good versus evil.

Nonetheless "Exit" is an important moment for Mr. Keigwin, who has generally received positive critical notices but has hardly been hailed as a major contemporary dance figure.

THE main cause of the financial crisis may have been reckless optimism, but the pessimists are hardly being hailed as heroes.

This can hardly be hailed as "leadership" by a great nation, as much of the Western press has implicitly done by chastising India for standing up to U.S. pressure.

Peretyatko sidesteps them: "We both have dark hair and we're both from Russia!" Yes, but hardly neighbors: Netrebko hails from Krasnodar, which is about as close to St . Petersburgas Salzburg (1100 miles in each case).

With works reminiscent of Kazimir Malevich and Ad Reinhardt's black paintings (he hardly invented it), Stella was hailed a sharp newcomer and a key figure in both minimalism and post-painterly abstraction, a term coined by art critic Clement Greenberg in 1964.

These are hardly radical restrictions, but gun-control advocates hailed the legislation as a template for how courageous Democrats in rural and Southern states can defy the National Rifle Association and enact new limits.

China's "trial of the century" in the sweltering, eastern coastal city of Jinan has been hailed by authorities as "open" proceedings, but the atmosphere is hardly welcoming.