'We'll see,' Emily said softly knowing in her heart that the old woman could hardly bend, let alone light fires and carry coal.

"You could hardly even bend your legs not even three months ago."

"But you're not doing it. . . you're hardly bending at all;" I don t think my body goes' that way.

By the time the last deer was debrained, Susannah's fingers were so sore and swollen she could hardly bend them.

Put in a unit of energy and it hardly bends.

My fingers were so cold I could hardly bend them.

He swallows the urge to laugh, but such a weight could hardly bend a rib.

"I can hardly bend my knee," he said.

They changed roles, and Lucie climbed up on the playmaster's shoulders, his weight hardly bending Garvey's back.

Isriam's fingers were so numb he could hardly bend them.