Examples of 'i could hardly' in a sentence

Meaning of "i could hardly"

The phrase 'I could hardly' indicates that the speaker had difficulty or found something challenging to the extent that it was almost impossible for them to do or perform the mentioned action or task

How to use "i could hardly" in a sentence

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i could hardly
I could hardly open my eye this morning.
I was so shaken by my experience i could hardly leave my room.
I could hardly keep her on the bike.
We were hiding out and i could hardly bring myself to.
I could hardly believe it when you called.
There were days that i could hardly say my name.
I could hardly keep my eyes open at practice.
But it is so much a part of me that I could hardly be without it.
I could hardly wish them good hunting.
They reminded me so much of myself I could hardly bear to look at them.
I could hardly get across the hall.
I was crying so hard on the phone I could hardly get my words out.
I could hardly wait to keep our date.
I was in excruciating pain with my sciatic nerve affected so I could hardly walk.
I could hardly be late for so important an occasion.

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His letter was so confused that I could hardly make any sense of it at all.
I could hardly piss straight with fear.
I found them so boring or tedious that I could hardly motivate myself to do them.
I could hardly wait to see your surprise.
When rising up there was such stiffening of my back that I could hardly breathe.
I could hardly enter that house as myself.
My life in a wagon soon became such an old story that I could hardly.
I could hardly understand what she wanted of me.
I should not have been so disgusted that I could hardly bring myself to look at him.
I could hardly wait to get down here.
All my husbands were foreigners and such chatterboxes I could hardly get a word in edgeways.
I could hardly walk for two months.
It was quite painful to get back and the next day I could hardly walk.
I could hardly follow your wild flight.
The doorbell rang half an hour ago and I could hardly bring myself to answer it.
I could hardly mistake avarice for passion.
If friends of mine have warned me against you I could hardly reward them with betrayal.
I could hardly get to sleep last night.
And it lets me utter some fine sentiments which I could hardly trust to a mere character.
I could hardly get the car in gear.
For almost a week I could hardly do anything.
I could hardly focus on the bog roll.
There was so much blood I could hardly believe it.
I could hardly help doing what the others did.
I cried so hard that I could hardly breathe.
I could hardly wait to go to sleep to meet her.
By that time I could hardly believe my eyes.
I could hardly keep up towards the end.
At that time I could hardly move my hand.
I could hardly believe it when you arrived.
You made me drink so I could hardly speak.
I could hardly have gone on living with a traitor.
He shook my shoulder but I could hardly feel it.
I could hardly eat while she was here.
So much so at the beginning I could hardly breathe.

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Could go to prison for some time if convicted
On horseback you could be home in three days
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Examples of using Hardly
You hardly have really serious bites
Such an approach could hardly be considered legitimate
Hardly surprising we do not have much sex
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