Sentence examples for hardly setting the from inspiring English sources

(As he points out, Britain, the leading country to embrace austerity voluntarily, is hardly setting the world on fire).

While hardly setting the world alight in his brief cameo as a substitute, he showed a few signs of promise.

While $16.4m is hardly setting the box office on fire, it will ensure a probable break-even in theatres before what should be a solid ancillary run.

At the time, Danny Bennett was fronting his own band, Quacky Duck And His Barnyard Friends, which, it is probably fair to say, was hardly setting the music world alight.

The Hunger Games has delivered perfection to studio top brass after Lionsgate's recent merger with Summit, and it's all the more timely because it is Lionsgate's first bona fide hit franchise – Saw started well in 2004 but after six sequels dissolved into a moth-eaten concept that was hardly setting the worldwide box office on fire.

And while the Angels are hardly setting the AL West on fire with a 10-11 record, Pujols is finally showing some signs of playing like the franchise cornerstone he was supposed to be when he signed a ten-year deal worth $240m after the 2011 season.

As a stand-alone business, banking hardly sets the pulse racing.

2.51pm: Of course, Nigeria have hardly set the tournament alight, the wondrous Enyeama apart.

The arty stuff has won modest applause, but has hardly set the world on fire.

The trouble is, his performance has hardly set the bank alight.

The Apple Watch has hardly set the world alight, and the latest operating system has been plagued with problems.