Sentence examples for hardly won from inspiring English sources

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.

With four ministers since 2001, the Afghan Refugee Ministry has hardly won the trust of international observers.

And even if that particular battle was hardly won, it felt refreshing that it was being fought at all.

Although ninety per cent of Spaniards opposed sending troops to Iraq, the Socialists hardly won ninety per cent of the vote.

But that will hardly win him clemency.

He may not be winning pretty every week, but he is hardly winning ugly either.

In an ordinary election, it would hardly win him any votes.

Dallas's campaign is hardly winning it friends in nearby states.

But supporting the Armenian issue would hardly win him friends in Turkey, at least not friends with power.