Sentence examples for hardly matching from inspiring English sources

The New York Times wrote that "As a play it is a feeble thing, hardly matching the spectacular public accounts of his amours ... for all of Mr. Barrymore's shenanigans and devastating wit, The Great Profile is more than a little pathetic.

That hardly matches up with past French-German prerogatives.

Lindh's romanticized vision of jihad was hardly matched by the reality of the H.U.M. camp.

Mr Berlusconi could hardly match Mr Aznar's 14 meetings with Mr Bush in 2002-04.

Even France can hardly match the enduring excellence of German art.

But the technospeak often used to describe them hardly matches the fiery one-liners launched from the right.

That is a robust gain, but it hardly matches the nearly threefold sales increase from the previous year.

''He was mystical, almost.'' Lindh's romanticized vision of jihad was hardly matched by the reality of the H.U.M. camp.

Yet the association hardly matches the style of his mind, which is sharp and skeptical and far from starry-eyed.

A couple of famous signatures caught the attention although the art hardly matched the aura of the names.

In fact, he is so busy that he admits to often leaving the house with shirts that hardly match his scuffed-up sneakers.