But you can hardly put your proposal to her while invisible.

I could hardly put it down to go to sleep!

She's elderly and hardly ever puts her nose out of the front door.

Wary of one another, people hardly put their faith in the police.

So far, she has hardly put a foot wrong.

"We could hardly put such power in your hands and turn you loose under no authority."

But I could hardly put words together last night.

"I hardly ever put my things up for sale," he told her lightly.

The defeat of the American proposal hardly puts the issue to rest.

So far Khan has hardly put a foot wrong inside or outside the ring.