He hardly dared to hope he'd find the leaders there.

She hardly dared to believe it would do any good.

I saw your name on the list, and hardly dared believe it was you.

The others hardly dared hope, but they turned and ran after him.

This is something I have hardly dared allow myself to think upon.

He'd hardly dared believe it at first, but they were.

I hardly dared to move him from where he lay face down.

Yet she hardly dared to touch the thing at first.

She hardly dared to back into the bed alongside of him.

Which she hardly dared admit to herself, much less to her father.