Sentence examples for hardly shrank from inspiring English sources

Even Goya, who hardly shrank from dismemberment and pain in his work, created a "Crucifixion" with a nearly unblemished Jesus.

(After he claimed them as his own, Vidal hardly shrank from speaking of these pulp novels with some pride — whether in regard to their craft or else their substance).

Still, most online stores left in business are hardly shrinking; their growth has merely slackened from a torrid pace.

Southampton were hardly shrinking violets either and Adam Lallana conjured the game's first chance, thumping a dipping shot that was well saved by Mark Bunn.

"I can hardly breathe," he said, though it emerged that his quarters had barely shrunk.

Ostermeier himself is hardly a shrinking violet, though generally he prefers to keep his controversy on stage.

Fashion blogger Bryan Boy, AKA Bryan Grey Yambao, is hardly a shrinking violet when it comes to clothes – one recent look we loved was Givenchy floral shorts worn over cycling leggings.

The director of rugby was hardly a shrinking violet during his days as a Springbok centre – "He's the only doctor in the world who creates his own patients," said one wag of the Cape Town GP – but Burger is in a different league.

He has flirted with declaring some sort of martial law, but his promises to bring to justice those guilty of plundering the nation during the Suharto years have proved largely empty: witness the failure of the police to arrest Mr Suharto's son, Tommy—hardly a shrinking violet or master of disguise.

"Dennis Skinner is hardly a shrinking violet and if he dishes it out - and he does - he should be prepared to take it," he wrote on the website Liberal Democrat Voice.

Take, for instance, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), hardly a shrinking violet among conservatives.