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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hardly win" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where something is difficult to achieve or is unlikely to happen. For example: - The team had been struggling all season and they knew it would be hard to win the championship. - She had worked tirelessly for months, but she could hardly win the approval of her boss. - The company had been in financial trouble for years, so they were hardly able to win any new clients. In these examples, "hardly win" is used to emphasize the difficulty or unlikelihood of achieving a desired outcome.
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But that will hardly win him clemency.
In an ordinary election, it would hardly win him any votes.
But supporting the Armenian issue would hardly win him friends in Turkey, at least not friends with power.
He opens with the theme of the drudge—"humble", as well as "harmless"—who can hardly win at the occupation he has chosen.
With the cards stacked so heavily against her by Jayawardene and his successor, Ranasinghe Premadasa, she could hardly win, though despite all the violence and electoral manipulation he used, Premadasa secured only 50.1% of the votes.
It would hardly win many friends, particularly in an election year, for highly paid investment bankers and their brethren to argue that the average American taxpayer owes them anything.
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He may not be winning pretty every week, but he is hardly winning ugly either.
The worst was over, and the war, though hardly won, would surely not be lost.
Mr. Romney's senior aides warned staff members and donors that the race was hardly won.
We hardly won a game and it wasn't good enough in any shape or form.
Dallas's campaign is hardly winning it friends in nearby states.
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