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Example sentences for "hardly worth"

  • Sometimes the inward man is hardly worth renewing at the end of a life of such rush and mad haste after the elusive dollar that there has been no place for the gentle amenities of existence.

  • It is hardly worth while to suggest that the women whom he has honored make a point of soon inviting him to their homes.

  • When one comes in a carriage with only an opera wrap over a reception gown, it is hardly worth while to mount the stairs.

  • It is very hard to live a great while without getting old, and it is hardly worth while to die just to keep young.

  • If the mind is to remain in imprisonment, it is hardly worth while to free the body.

  • And, after all, if the Bible is not true, it is hardly worth while to insist upon its inspiration.

  • Excellent though it is in quality, the variety is hardly worth a place in any vineyard.

  • The high quality of the vines which can be purchased and the reasonable purchase price make it hardly worth while to try home-grown vines, especially since considerable investment, experience and skill are required to grow good vines.

  • Unfortunately it ripens so late that it is hardly worth trying in the East.

  • White Nice and Syrian are two white sorts which attain largest size in clusters, specimens weighing thirty pounds being not infrequent, but are coarse and poor in quality and are, therefore, hardly worth growing.

  • A wheelbarrow is in itself a good thing to make, but it can be bought so cheaply that it is hardly worth while to make one.

  • These are excellent, although, except to obtain some desired colour effect, it is hardly worth while to use any preparation on the roofs of such buildings as these.

  • Common sleds can be bought so cheaply that it is hardly worth while, as a rule, to make them.

  • It is hardly worth while to do this by hand.

  • It is hardly worth while to expatiate upon the convenience and economy of an ice-house, to an American.

  • It is hardly worth while to eulogize poultry.

  • Another slight drawback lies in the fact that the heel-strap, where it projects on each side of the ski, diminishes the speed somewhat by brushing against the snow; but this is hardly worth mentioning.

  • He has still, however, to bear in mind that even a right-dated volume may be in such a wretched condition as to be hardly worth purchasing.

  • This system of notation is so well understood, or can be so speedily mastered from almost any arithmetical treatise, that it is hardly worth while to enlarge upon it here.

  • It is hardly worth while to get wet to the skin, however, for what few birds we shall get to-day.

  • It is hardly worth while to mention 'the solids,' as these are shoved into a corner to give place to the accomplishments.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bullet through; dative case; direct popular; electric telegraph; feel sure; general grounds; hardly able; hardly conscious; hardly ever; hardly fair; hardly knew; hardly know; hardly knowing; hardly less; hardly necessary; hardly need; hardly think; hardly worth; inch bore; legal authority; neighbouring country; pretty lady; snow shoes; thou beest; various degrees; white sandstone