The sight of the least waste put him beside himself, and that was a sensation his wife hardly ever spared him.

At the time I could hardly spare him, your Majesty.

The government could hardly spare the leader of the conspiracy if it planned to execute his "foot soldiers," the memo asserts.

We could hardly spare those men, but Alfred insisted his family go.

The king can hardly spare men to go chasing an ice dragon.

Her father raised his hand once, hardly sparing a second glance.

The telephone never stops and I can hardly spare the time even to make myself a cup of tea.

But the major hardly spared her a glance.