According to the report's key findings, the proportion who say they ‘hardly ever' read for fun has gone from 8 percent of 13-year-olds.

But when it's time for bed, you can hardly fall asleep.

Each individual (个体的) ant hardly weighs anything, but put together they weigh roughly the same as all of mankind.

I could hardly wait to meet him.

I could hardly wait to try this adventure again.

It's hardly an obvious conclusion that this is a good way to survive.

Mothers' devotion to children can hardly be calculated.

Popular arts are hardly distinguishable from great arts.

She coughed and choked and could hardly survive her first few weeks.

She could hardly find her seat.

The government built a cycle lane on the road but it is hardly used.

The poor could hardly afford school education.

The show is good, but I could hardly see the stage from my seat.

Those who tend to think back can hardly go ahead.

Twenty-five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment.

With great care she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly daring to look down between the sleepers into the wild flood waters below.

They are hardly understood by the public.

Although it hardly seems practical to trick ourselves into eating less.

I'm so tired. I can hardly see straight.

We conform ( 遵守) to norms so readily that we are hardly aware they exist

He hardly needs to do any advertising nowadays.

Well, many students could hardly stay awake in his class without first drinking a cup of coffee.

When Alex was finished, he received polite applauses, but hardly the warm response he had hoped for

All the surveys found that people mixed up names within relationship groups such as grandchildren, friends and siblings but hardly ever crossed these boundaries.

Europe hardly had any museums before the 19th century.

They hardly pay anything for the problems they have caused.

In-office wellness programs may help reduce stress levels, but they are hardly an ultimate solution to the problem.

This is hardly revolutionary, but it is presented in a charming format.

And we are rushing to meet so many deadlines that we hardly register that what we need most are lifelines.

That is not surprising: politicians with an eye on the next election will hardly rush to introduce unpopular measures that may not bear fruit for years, perhaps decades.

hardly halt the growth of population

And most of the time they hardly slowed her down.

It's hardly surprising that over half a million workers suffer from work related mental health conditions.

You can hardly blame people for worrying though.

The magazine cover showing an attractive mother holding a cute baby is hardly the only Madonna-and-child image on newsstands this week.