Still, he hardly sounds like a man pining for a return to Washington.

But he hardly sounded as if had his heart in it.

It hardly sounded like the sort of thing the merchants or their people would say.

That hardly sounds like an assault on academic standards or freedom of thought.

Then another voice, one which hardly sounds human, speaks in his ear.

This hardly sounds like the end of a mild recession.

It hardly sounds like an automatic winner, or even a book that very many people would want to read.

It hardly sounds like a great place to settle on.

"It hardly sounds like you had a bad day," Jack commented.

She hardly sounded like a women shielded and asked such a question.