Sentence examples for stands hardly from inspiring English sources

All the while irritation grew in the stands, hardly surprising as the home fans haven't seen a league win since the opening day of the season against Newcastle.

The concept's repeat appearances on show stands is hardly happenstance.

Still, Ms. Snowe's stand is hardly unpopular back home: fiscal conservatism and social liberalism is the recipe for Republican victories in New England.

IMJINGAK, SOUTH KOREA -- On a pleasant spring day, with the wind breezing up from the south, the quirky little tourist outpost of Imjingak -- with its Peace Land amusement park, some souvenir sheds and a Popeye's chicken stand -- hardly seemed like a possible flash point for violent hostilities between North and South Korea.

But Republicans, who solidly opposed the original stimulus program, say it was a failure that only dug the country deeper into debt — a stand that hardly suggests they will be receptive to such ideas now.

This version hardly stands up to criticism.

And it hardly stands up to factual scrutiny.

New York, with its many retailers, hardly stands apart from the trend.

As scattergun summer splurges go Spurs 2013 hardly stands out these days.

In that assessment, he hardly stands out among the ranks of corporate executives.

Recent activism news has suggested that mere deprivation hardly stands a chance.