Sentence examples for you were hardly from inspiring English sources

Step outside and you were blessedly less you, go further down the road and you were hardly you at all, walk far enough and long enough in the twilight, peering in windows, and you almost became, for a moment, the other lives you could see.

THINK back to the box of Frosted Flakes your child has been gazing at while munching breakfast all these years, quietly absorbing Tony the Tiger's visage in all his hot-orange glory, while you were hardly cognizant that she and Tony were developing a relationship.

You were hardly halfway through the last letter of your name before you were running over to the camera to see if it worked.

You're hardly an unbiased observer.

You're hardly ever in the room.

Lamela: "Shut up! You're hardly Maradona".

In a way, you're hardly there.

You are hardly the voice of moderation.

You're hardly an old man, Yannis.

And you are hardly limited to just one externship.

To be fair, I say, you're hardly unintense now.