Sentence examples for this is hardly the time from inspiring English sources

This is hardly the time to be eliminating such programs.

This is hardly the time to lay waste more woodland.In this section Peace at last?

With the political uncertainty at home that a leadership transition brings, this is hardly the time to pick a fight with a neighbour.

But this is hardly the time to lament the state of playwriting, or to wonder why inhabitants of the country's theatrical capital should be last in line at the punch bowl.

Obviously, Trump was referring to Lewis's more recent record, but this is hardly the time to start a war with a hero — not that this is his first time.

"This is hardly the time or place," someone is sure to say (and members of two different families say as much in "What's Cooking?"), but really, what better time or place?

This is hardly the best time to be exposed as the descendant of slave owners.

Of course, this is hardly the first time he has been accused of such things.

This is hardly the first time she has been hugely popular on a bipartisan basis.

This is hardly the first time luminaries have been drafted to add cachet to a crew.

This is hardly the first time someone tried to go after the consumer-robotics market.