Sentence examples for hardly has been from inspiring English sources

Someone who was not in possession during any of these chats, hardly has been "KO'd by cocaine".

Still, for all the Americans' concern about Europe dealing with Russia on its own, there hardly has been a corresponding public statement from the administration that's a call for caution about Moscow's interest in setting up rivalries between NATO and the E.U.

Cleaning up the Capitol in Baton Rouge, which Mr. Jindal has promised to make his first order of business, is unlikely to be regarded as a top priority, as it hardly has been in the past, by a Legislature jealous of its perquisites.

Yet, the belief that teams can win with inexperience hardly has been diminished.

Surely, that hypothesis is blatantly false and hopeless, but it hardly has been ever formulated in those explicit terms.

THE TIMING could hardly have been better.

It could hardly have been otherwise.

Their timing could hardly have been worse.

It could hardly have been more emphatic.

"They could hardly have been alone.

He could hardly have been more wrong.